Lula visits the Tierra Libre Indigenous Camp in Brasilia

Today President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will visit the so-called free land camp that brings together indigenous leaders from all over the country in this capital city and is the largest meeting of ethnic groups in Brazil.

Lula is expected to announce the homogenization of new indigenous lands, according to the Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Sonia Guajara, for the state of Agencia Brasil.

Delegates began arriving from all regions on Sunday for the 2023 edition of the event.

This year’s theme is “The future of Indigenous people is today. Without demarcation, there is no democracy.”

According to the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil Articulation, the organizer of the event, the movement promotes the importance of the demarcation of indigenous property, paralyzed in the past four years during the government of former President Jair Bolsonaro.

The entity highlights that more than 200 indigenous domains align with the purview of the National Indigenous Peoples Foundation.

At least 13 regions with ongoing operation and smoothing implementation. To date, about 600 have been organized.

The camp is the first large gathering of this kind in Brasilia since Lula returned to power in January, in solidarity with the indigenous people’s claim, unlike Bolsonaro.

For days, the natives dressed in traditional costumes, with imposing feathered headdresses and body paint, in the midst of the futuristic architecture of Government House.

A central point of discussions in the camp has been criticism of the progress of bills that impede land delimitation, such as PL 490/2007.

This measure, ready for a vote in the plenary session of the House of Representatives, creates the so-called Provisional Framework, which states that places occupied by traditional peoples until October 5, 1988, the date of promulgation, will be considered indigenous lands. from the constitution.

The Magna Carta does not provide this framework as a standard, because indigenous peoples are indigenous peoples who were present in the country long before European colonization.

At the moment, the case is also being analyzed by the Federal Supreme Court, which, until this year, will decide whether the temporary framework thesis is valid or not.

In 2022, the Free Land Camp has gathered more than eight thousand citizens in this capital, from 100 different cities and from all regions.

For 10 days, the refuge discussed confrontation with the anti-indigenous agenda imposed by Bolsonaro and the promotion of local candidates for Congress.