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Brazil's Congress votes to limit recognition of Indigenous lands

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Brazil's lower house of Congress has approved a bill that would limit the recognition of new Indigenous reservations in a blow for climate protection and for left-wing Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has vowed to expand indigenous protections, in part as a barrier against deforestation.

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