Brazilian tribal leader tours Europe to plead for help to stop killings and land grabs

[Judi Lynn]

Guarani-Kaiowá leader Ladio Veron is seeking international support to end violence against indigenous people and environmental destruction under the Temer administration, reports Mongabay


Lucy EJ Woods for Mongabay, part of the Guardian Environment Network
Thursday 8 June 2017 11.33 EDT


Ladio Veron, leader of Brazil’s indigenous Guarani-Kaiowá people, is touring Europe and making a desperate international appeal to halt attacks and killings, land theft and environmental destruction that his people say have become a hallmark of Brazil’s Temer administration.

The Guarani-Kaiowá is fighting for recognition of their indigenous land rights in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in southwest Brazil, bordering Paraguay. After decades of violent territorial disputes with cattle ranchers, soy and sugar cane farmers, Veron hopes to galvanize support and build an international network of allies that will put pressure on Temer and the agribusiness lobby-dominated National Congress back home.

Europe “cannot solve this,” Veron told Mongabay, but it “can support us, add pressure, condemn the situation and demand that our rights and land are recognized.”

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/08/brazilian-tribal-leader-tours-europe-to-plead-for-help-to-stop-killings-and-land-grabs

Environment & Energy:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1127111218