Violence against Brazil's Indigenous people unabated under Lula, report says

FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attend a ceremony of presentation of the Legion of Honor to honor Brazil's indigenous chief Raoni Metuktire, at the Combu Island, near Belem, Brazil, March 26, 2024. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Protection of Brazil's Indigenous communities from violence by land grabbers and ranchers was "insufficient" in 2023, according to a report published on Monday, dashing hopes that the situation would improve under leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula.

The Missionary Council for Indigenous Peoples (CIMI), an organization of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Brazil, said the Lula administration's first year in office showed contradictions in its Indigenous policy and disappointing advances in the recognition of ancestral land claims.