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\u201cThere are countless threats we receive, due to the non-demarcation of our lands, in addition to deforestation and invasion of our territories,\u201d said S\u00f4nia Guajajara<\/a>, a member of the Executive Coordination of Apib<\/a>. \u201cWhen it is not the persecutions against our representatives that oppose this misrule by Jair Bolsonaro, it is Congress that tries to massacre us with the ink of the pen.\u201d <\/p>\n\n From the continued expansion of mining into Indigenous Lands to the record-setting deforestation catalyzed by the Brazilian government\u2019s anti-environment policies to the ongoing threat of the Covid-19 pandemic, Indigenous Peoples throughout Brazil face intersecting threats to their homes and health. <\/p>\n\n Denouncing the infamous #PacotedaDestrui\u00e7\u00e3o <\/strong>\u2014 the Destruction Package \u2014 is especially urgent during the 2022 Free Land Camp. This series of Executive and Legislative initiatives jeopardizes the physical and cultural survival of Indigenous People throughout Brazil as well as the thousands of square kilometers of native vegetation, especially forests from the Amazon.<\/p>\n\n WIthin the #PacotedaDestrui\u00e7\u00e3o,<\/strong> Indigenous leaders have called attention to PL 191\/2020, a bill which tramples on the Federal Constitution and allows mining in Indigenous lands in Brazil. An open letter<\/a> against the bill was launched during the first week of the camp, with members of the Joint Parliamentary Front in Defense of Indigenous Peoples in the main plenary of the event.<\/p>\n\n A group of Indigenous leaders, together with activists from Greenpeace Brazil and celebrities, delivered a petition to the Ministry of Justice \u201cEnough of Violence against Indigenous Peoples!\u201d. Opened in 2021, at the height of the attacks against Munduruku leaders<\/a> in May last year, the petition gathered more than 517,000 signatures and took a strong and blunt message: Attacks on Indigenous peoples are no longer tolerated by Brazilian society.<\/p>\n\n According to data from the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), the escalation against Brazilian native peoples has never been so serious and so intense. In 2020, the data recorded by the institution was the highest in the last five years. Murders have increased by 61%, with 182 cases reported in 2020. Territorial conflicts have also increased, with 96 cases \u2013 174% more than the year before. Invasions on Indigenous lands increased to 263 occurrences.<\/p>\n\n The delivery of the petition was preceded by a walk in Brasilia that included Indigenous leaders such as Marcos Xukuru of the Xukuru people; Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (Apib) Executive Coordinator S\u00f4nia Guajajara; activists from Greenpeace Brazil; and Brazilian celebrities sympathetic to the cause.<\/p>\n\n A special component of the walk was a totem pole, made of gigantic red letters, which carried the message \u201cEnough with Violence!\u201d. The totem was decorated with more than 20,000 ribbons, each bearing the first name of people who signed the petition. The ribbons were tied by participants of the Free Land Camp, reinforcing the message of peace and connection. <\/p>\n\nStanding against destruction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n
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Growing solidarity<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n