Bill curtailing indigenous land rights advances in Brazil's Congress

An Indigenous Brazilian takes part in a protest for land demarcation and against President Jair Bolsonaro's government, next to the National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

BRASILIA (Reuters) - A bill allowing commercial agriculture and mining on protected tribal reservations in Brazil advanced in Congress on Tuesday in what indigenous leaders said could be the biggest setback since their land rights were guaranteed in the 1988 Constitution.

The proposal, known as PL 490, cleared the constitutional affairs committee and headed for the lower house plenary.