FILE PHOTO: Raoni Metuktire, a leader of the Brazilian indigenous ethnic Kayapo people and the Congresswoman Joenia Wapichana attend a meeting with congressmen during the Terra Livre camp, or Free Land camp, at the National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil, April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro issued a new decree on Wednesday putting decisions on indigenous land claims in the hands of the Ministry of Agriculture, four weeks after Congress rebuffed him on the move that is sought by Brazil's farm lobby.
The temporary decree once again removes decisions on the demarcation of reservation lands from the National Indigenous Affairs agency Funai and restores them https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-politics-indigenous/brazil-lawmakers-undo-bolsonaro-move-to-weaken-indigenous-agency-idUSKCN1ST2HH to a ministry that is run by farming interests.
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