Brazil's lower house of Congress approves bill to limit recognition of new Indigenous reservations, a decision seen by environmentalists as setback after intense pressure from farm lobby
Indigenous groups from across the country planned a week of protests outside Congress in the capital Brasilia. / Photo: AFP
Outside Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city, demonstrators blocked a major motorway with flaming tires and used bows and arrows to confront police, who dispersed them with tear gas. Those surged under far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, who called for commercial agriculture and mining even on recognised reservations.
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