Indigenous Peoples Boxed in by Brazil’s Political Crisis

Authors

Manuela Carneiro da Cunha, University of Chicago, University of São Paulo
Ruben Caixeta, Federal University of Minas Gerais
Jeremy M. Campbell, Roger Williams UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2017

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Published in: Hau: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, vol. 7, no. 2

Abstract

Agribusiness has unprecedented leverage over highly unpopular Brazilian president Michel Temer, who is faced with several corruption charges and is struggling for political survival. In a little over one year, the agribusiness lobby and its allies have managed to erode thirty years of human rights and conservation laws. Indigenous peoples and their territorial rights are among the main targets of such policies, and there is no resolution to the situation in sight. With the insight of several scholars, the following forum assesses the consequences of losing the protection the Citizens’ Constitution of 1988 once afforded indigenous peoples in Brazil.

Recommended Citation

Manuela Carneiro da Cunha, Ruben Caixeta, Jeremy M. Campbell, Carlos Fausto, José Antonio Kelly, Claudio Lomnitz, Carlos D. Londoño Sulkin, Caio Pompeia, and Aparecida Vilaça (2017). Indigenous peoples boxed in by Brazil’s political crisis. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 2017 7 (2), 403-426.