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Brasilia, Aug 24 (EFE) .- Around two thousand indigenous people who have been in Brasilia since Sunday staged a protest this Tuesday in front of the National Congress against possible setbacks in the legislation on indigenous territories. The protesters began a vigil in front of the Supreme Court at night, where this Wednesday a vote on the demarcation of lands will take place. There were also posters and songs against President Jair Bolsonaro and his policies to encourage mining, deforestation and agribusiness.SHOT LIST: INDIGENOUS PEOPLE PROTESTING IN BRASILIA, BRAZIL.SOUND BITES: URBIRAN PATAXO, 36, FROM BAHIA.TRANSLATIONS: We want to take care of our territories, our elders and our children. That is why we are in Brasilia to obtain some recognition, because people do not recognize us as true Brazilians. That is why we occupy Brasilia today to show Brazil and the world that we are not dead. We are alive and we are the living history of Brazil.
Brasilia, Feb 12 (EFE) .- Half a hundred indigenous people from different ethnic groups in Brazil protested on Wednesday against a bill presented by President Jair Bolsonaro which authorizes commercial mining in protected lands, a measure they consider the "worst of their nightmares".(CAMERA: Alex Mirkhan)SUPPORT IMAGES AND TRANSLATED DECLARATIONS BYJOENIA WAPICHANA, INDIGENOUS FEDERAL DEPUTY:"President Bolsonaro again wants to threaten indigenous lands and natural resources. Indigenous peoples want to raise this concern, asking the national congress to reject it due to the unconstitutionality and absurdities that this proposal brings"INGATÉ, KAINGANG INDIGENOUS:"He (Bolsonaro) is aware of what he is doing and does it out of spite. We have the right to our land. The land has always been ours, it has only been invaded, so we want to live well with the people who were born in this mother Earth"
Indigenous peoples protest in Brasilia as Brazil's Supreme Federal Court resumes a critical trial for indigenous peoples which could jeopardize the demarcation of hundreds of their ancestral lands considered a barrier against deforestation. IMAGES
Images of the AdventHealth Celebration acute care hospital, Florida, where Brazilian far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro is reported to be hospitalized with abdominal pain. News of his hospitalization comes the day after far-right protesters invaded the presidential palace and Supreme Court in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia. IMAGES
Rio de Janeiro, Oct 13 (EFE).- Dozens of women took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro Wednesday to protest against the veto of the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, on the free distribution of sanitary napkins for girls and women under social vulnerability conditions.The protesters gathered at Cinelandia Square in the evening, where they criticized the "lack of sensitivity" of the president. (Camera: JANAÍNA QUINET).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER TO PROTEST AGAINST THE VETO OF PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO ON FREE TAMPON DISTRIBUTION, IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL.SOUND BITES: SUSANA DE OLIVEIRA, ONE OF THE PROTESTERS (IN PORTUGUESE).TRANSLATION: We have a president who is against that, who does not help, who only takes basic necessities from the people. We are going backward. It is something unheard of.
Sao Paulo, Sep 12 (EFE).- Thousands of people took to the streets all across Brazil on Sunday to demand the ouster of President Jair Bolsonaro, but the demonstrations served to show the lack of unity among the opposition despite the escalating threats against democratic institutions being made by the ultrarightist leader.The demonstrations held in a number of state capitals around the country, including Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, featured the protesters' demand for Bolsonaro's impeachment with an eye toward removing him from the presidency, but they also included an assortment of other demands. (Camera: WALLACE CARVALHO)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL, JAIR BOLSONARO.SOUND BITES: CIRO GOMES, FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE DEMOCRATIC LABOR PARTY (PDT, CENTER-LEFT)CIRO GOMES:"Whoever is a democrat in Brazil has to understand that impeachment is the only way out to protect us from the serious and violent demarcation that Bolsonaro is planning"
Brazilians protest against President Jair Bolsonaro in Sao Paulo, days after the country marked its Independence Day with rival pro- and anti-government rallies. IMAGES
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