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Supreme Court of Brazil reopens trial on thesis of indigenous lands

Published on: August 30, 2023
07:52

Brasilia, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) The Federal Supreme Court (STF) of Brazil will resume the appeal trial that discusses the application of the so-called temporary project that will affect rights and restrict the demarcation of indigenous lands.

Brazilian originary people remain mobilized after pause in land trial

Published on: June 9, 2023
07:48

Brasilia, Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) Indigenous leaders announced that the mobilization against the so-called temporary framework affecting native land rights will continue on successive days after the interruption of the trial in the Brazilian Supreme Court.

Brazilian native people protest against thesis violating their rights

Published on: June 5, 2023
08:15

Brasilia, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) Indigenous peoples will carry out mobilizations throughout Brazil against the "temporary framework" that limits the demarcation of native lands, allows economic actions in possessions and weakens the rights of native communities.

Tribes: New evidence proves massacre was at Nevada mine site

Published on: October 6, 2021
07:30

Washington, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) Tribal lawyers are asking a US judge in Nevada to reconsider her earlier refusal to block digging at a proposed lithium mine close to the Oregon line where they say newly uncovered evidence proves it was the sacred site of a massacre of dozens of Native Americans in 1865.

Blacks, Latinos and Natives disproportionally killed by Covid-19

Published on: October 6, 2021
07:29

Washington, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) Covid-19 killed a disproportionate number of the country's Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans during the pandemic last year, while the disease also exacerbated health disparities among those groups, a new study concludes.

Native US tribes enforce mask mandates regardless of state bans

Published on: September 1, 2021
07:20

Washington, Sep 1 (Prensa Latina) Native US tribes across the handful of US states with bans on school mask mandates have asserted their power as sovereign nations to defy the orders, local media reported. Some also implement their own testing and vaccine directives for tens of thousands of students and teachers in schools on their reservations as Covid-19 cases surge.

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