https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/28/brazil-law-indigenous-land-rights-claim-time-marker
‘Time marker’ legislation means Indigenous peoples can only lay claim to lands they occupied in 1988, invalidating scores of claims
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A controversial law curtailing Indigenous rights in Brazil has come into force, marking a victory for the powerful agribusiness caucus in congress.
The new legislation upholds the so-called “time marker” theory (marco temporal), which establishes that Indigenous peoples can only lay claim to land they physically occupied as of October 1988, when the current constitution was promulgated.
The law will have a negative impact on the conservation of forests, the fight against climate change, and the future of generations to come,” the Indigenous congresswoman Célia Xakriabá wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
Three of Lula’s vetoes were maintained by congress as a result of a political deal struck between the government and the opposition: the final law does not authorise contact with isolated groups, nor does it permit the use of genetically modified crops on Indigenous territories or give the government permission to reclaim land from groups whose cultural traits are deemed to have changed.
Activists warn that the law nonetheless represents a clear attack on Indigenous rights and exposes Native Brazilians to the risk of further violence.
Speaking in a government broadcast last week, Guajajara said she remained optimistic: “The supreme court has already declared [the thesis] unconstitutional, it is hardly going to go back on its own decision.
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I guess in so far as impotence or inefficacy, but it sounds at least like he personally tried to stop this from happening and made sure it wasn't worse.
maybe so, he is better than the literal fascist we had against him.
but having good intentions is not enough to put actual food on the actual fucking table.
when did "wanting to do good but cant o well" become the new good? we are in dire need of actual good over here.
the damn big farm guy had possession of almost 90% of farmable fucking land and still let brazilians starve to death. he can now genocide the remaining indians for the rest of it, and lula is great because he begged fucking please dont??
e: sorry for that shit like this makes me mad