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Lima, Sep 28 (EFE).- People from the indigenous communities arrived Tuesday at the Constitutional Court of Peru to protest the five years they have been waiting for a ruling on their lawsuit, where they claim to be the owners of thousands of hectares of Amazon rainforest razed by a company to grow oil palm. (Camera: JUAN PALOMINO).SOUND BITES: LEADER OF SANTA CLARA DE UCHUNYA, CARLOS HOYOS SORIA (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS: - We demand that the State give us back our territory, the one that the transnational company has taken away our right of possession. That is why we come from so far to the capital to present our claim. - We are not asking the state for a favor. We claim the right that corresponds to us by law, and as indigenous peoples, we today have been suffering from so many threats and invasions in our own territories.
Brasilia, Jun 16 (EFE), (CAMERA: Alex Mirkhan) .- A group of indigenous people protested Wednesday outside the National Congress against a bill that could affect the demarcation of indigenous lands.
Thousands of indigenous people dance their way to Brasilia's "Three Powers Plaza" on the last day of a gathering to defend hard-won land rights many fear could be eroded by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. IMAGES
Thousands of Australians gather for an "Invasion Day" rally in downtown Sydney in solidarity with indigenous people, calling for Australia Day to be abolished or celebrated on a different date. IMAGES
Hundreds of Chileans, including indigenous Mapuche people, march in Santiago, Chile, and clash with police during a protest to demand the rights of Chile's Indigenous peoples. IMAGES