Death of indigenous man prompts emergency meeting.
President Dilma Rousseff summoned the Ministers of Justice, José Eduardo Cardozo, of the Civil House, Gleisi Hoffmann, and of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, Gilberto Carvalho, to the Alvorada Palace; yesterday, an indigenous person was killed in Mato Grosso do Sul during a repossession operation on a farm in Sidrolândia, a municipality located about 60 km from the capital Campo Grande; according to Cardozo, the Federal Police have already opened an investigation into the crime.
Luana Lourenço
Reporter from Agência Brasil
Brasilia – The situation of indigenous conflicts in the country is being discussed at a meeting convened by the President of the Republic, Dilma Rousseff, at the Alvorada Palace. Present are the Ministers of Justice, José Eduardo Cardozo, of the Civil House, Gleisi Hoffmann, and of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, Gilberto Carvalho. Also participating are the Attorney General of the Union, Luiz Inácio Adams, and the president of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), Maurício Lopes.
Yesterday (30), an indigenous man was killed in Mato Grosso do Sul, during a repossession operation of a farm in Sidrolândia, a municipality located about 60 kilometers from the capital Campo Grande. Osiel abriel was shot dead and, according to Minister José Eduardo Cardozo, the Federal Police has already opened an investigation to investigate the crime. The farm had been occupied since the 15th of this month. It is located in an area where there has been a land conflict for more than a decade.
In Pará, a group of indigenous people occupied the main construction site of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam on the Xingu River. After four days, they agreed to leave the site. However, this was contingent on an agreement with the federal government. Next week, in Brasília, they will meet with representatives from the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic and the Ministries of Justice and Mines and Energy. Until then, the indigenous people will maintain their occupation of Belo Monte.
With the agreement, the repossession order granted on Tuesday (28) by the Federal Court sub-section in Altamira will not be enforced until further notice.
The agreement allowed Norte Energia, the company responsible for building the hydroelectric plant, to resume work today, and since early morning, workers have been returning to work. According to the construction company, the indigenous people who are still occupying the construction site are housed in the central office, away from any heavy production area. The expectation is that activities at the site will be normalized by tomorrow (1st).
Editing: Aécio Amado