Protection of Brazil’s Indigenous communities from violence by land grabbers and ranchers was “insufficient” in 2023, according to a report published on Monday, dashing hopes that the situation would improve under leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula. The Missionary Council for Indigenous Peoples (CIMI), an organization of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Brazil, said the Lula administration’s first year in office showed contradictions in its Indigenous policy and disappointing advances in the recognition of ancestral land claims. While Lula’s government resumed the enforcement against illegal invasions of recognized ancestral lands, there…
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Argentina President Milei heads to far-right convention in Brazil, snubbing Lula and escalating feud | World News
Given the choice between a far-right convention to bash his enemies and a presidential summit to discuss regional trade policy, President of Argentina Javier Milei preferred the stadium packed with cheering fans. The libertarian leader was in Brazil on Sunday, preparing to headline the country’s version of CPAC, the conservative political action conference, alongside former President Javier Bolsonaro in Brazil’s southern city of Balneario Camboriu. In skipping the Mercosur trade bloc summit in Paraguay and sidling up to Bolsonaro just days after federal police indicted the right-wing populist in a…