Indigenous Leader Kretan Kaingang of the Kaingang tribe kicks a tear gas canister fired by police forces during a protest for land demarcation and against President Jair Bolsonaro's government, in front of National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil June 22, 2021. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse a group of indigenous people protesting on Tuesday outside Brazil's Congress against a bill lawmakers were about to debate that would undermine recognition of protected reservation lands.
The protesters, among them children and elderly people, ran for cover, many coughing their way through clouds of gas.
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