By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - A majority on Brazil's Supreme Court voted on Thursday against a cut-off date limiting Indigenous land claims, a ...
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA - A majority on Brazil's Supreme Court voted on Thursday against a cut-off date limiting Indigenous land claims, a restriction sought by the powerful farm lobby toCommunity kindness deep rooted for Yarmouth couple | SaltWireBRASILIA - A majority on Brazil's Supreme Court voted on Thursday against a cut-off date limiting Indigenous land claims, a restriction sought by the powerful farm lobby to block rights to land that Indigenous people did not live on in 1988.
Indigenous groups protesting against the proposed deadline for land claims celebrated the court decision, dancing and chanting outside the Supreme Court in Brasilia. The court decision will give President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva reasons to veto a bill farm interests are rushing through Congress to limit new reservations to land that was occupied by native communities in 1988 when Brazil passed its Constitution.
Brazilian farm interests want to establish the cut-off date to secure non-Indigenous farmers' claim to lands they have settled in Brazil's expanding agricultural frontier.
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