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"Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire accuses Bolsonaro of seeking their extermination"

"Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire accuses Bolsonaro of seeking their extermination"

Brazil’s most prominent Indigenous leader, Raoni Metuktire, has stated that former president Jair Bolsonaro’s administration had an intent to “eliminate” the country’s Indigenous communities. According to the Kayapó chief, the former leader “promoted encroachments, mining, and forest destruction” to transfer Indigenous territories to non-Indigenous groups. “He truly
Hossain Meah, Sara Spinelli