Indigenous people protest Brazil not protecting ancestral lands

Indigenous people take part in the Terra Livre (Free Land) protest to demand the demarcation of land and to defend cultural rights, in Brasilia, Brazil April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Several thousand Indigenous demonstrators marched chanting to drum beats on Thursday to the seat of power in Brazil's capital to protest against the government's failure to protect their ancestral lands.

The annual event this year focused Indigenous anger over plans to build a railway to transport grain from farm states to Amazon ports for export that they fear will destroy the environment of tribal communities near the Tapajos river.