Overview

• Indigenous leaders express frustration over President Lula's failure to fulfill promises on land rights, despite his administration's creation of 10 new territories.
• Protests focus on the non-recognition of ancestral lands and the proposed Ferrograo railway, feared to increase deforestation.
• The annual Free Land Indigenous Camp marks its 20th year, highlighting ongoing struggles for land demarcation and environmental protection.
• Indigenous groups criticize the government for using their issues as bargaining chips in political negotiations.
• Mounting opposition from the agribusiness sector complicates efforts to expand indigenous land rights.