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Tuesday 3 OcTOber 2023

Brazil's government starts expelling non-Indigenous people from

two native territories in the Amazon

By Mauricio Savarese little to protect Indigenous
Associated Press peoples’ territories during
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s the far-right administration
government on Monday of former President Jair Bol-
began removing thou- sonaro between 2019 and
sands of non-Indigenous 2022. Brazil’s President Luiz
people from two native ter- Inácio Lula da Silva began
ritories in a move that will rebuilding environment
affect thousands who live protection agencies and
in the heart of the Amazon has so far created eight
rainforest. protected areas for Indig-
The South American na- enous people. Soon after
tion’s intelligence agency the beginning of his admin-
ABIN said in a statement istration, his government
that the goal is to return the expelled thousands of gold
Apyterewa and Trincheira miners from the massive
Bacaja lands in Para state Yanomami Indigenous terri-
to the original peoples. It tory in the northern state of
did not say whether or not Roraima.
the expulsion of non-Indig- State and federal authori-
enous people has been en- ties this year also dislodged
tirely peaceful. landgrabbers from the Alto
The territories are located Rio Guama territory. They
around the municipali- threatened forcible expul-
ties of Sao Felix do Xingu, Indigenous Xikrin warriors return from a failed attempt to expel land squatters from the Trincheira sion of those settlers fail-
Altamira, Anapu and Se- Bacaja Indigenous Indigenous territory, in Brazilian Amazon, Para state, Brazil, Aug. 24, 2019. ing to leave, and pledged
nador Jose Porfirio in Para (AP Photo/Fabiano Maisonnave) to eliminate access roads
state. Brazil's government and irregular installations;
said the country’s Supreme ens the integrity of the In- The Apyterewa territory es deep inside the lands of nearly all of the illegal resi-
Court and other judges had digenous (people) and had the most deforestation the Parakana. dents departed voluntarily.
ordered the operation. causes other damages, of any Indigenous land in Other authorities that par- Encroachment on such ter-
Indigenous groups esti- such as the destruction of Brazil for four years running, ticipated in the action on ritories over recent years
mate more than 10,000 forests,” the agency said in according to official data. Monday included Brazil's prompted Brazil’s top court
non-Indigenous people are its statement. It added that Footage obtained by lo- ministry of Indigenous Peo- on Thursday to enshrine
living inside the two territo- about 1,600 families live il- cal media and shared on ples, environment protec- Indigenous land rights by
ries. ABIN said as many as legally in that region with social media in September tion agency IBAMA, the denying a suit backed
2,500 Indigenous people some involved in illegal ac- showed hundreds of non- federal police and armed by farmers that sought to
live in 51 villages within. tivities such as cattle raising Indigenous people living in forces, among many oth- block an Indigenous group
“The presence of strangers and gold mining. "They also a newly built town with res- ers. Several of those bod- from expanding the size of
on Indigenous land threat- destroy native vegetation.” taurants, bars and church- ies were defanged and did its territorial claim.q

UN Security Council approves sending a

Kenya-led force to Haiti to fight violent gangs

mediate deployment of Mutua, said last week that Last month, the administra-
an armed force and would the force could deploy tion of U.S. President Joe
mark the first time a force within two to three months, Biden promised to provide
is deployed to Haiti since or possibly early January. logistics and $100 million
a U.N.-approved mission He also noted that key of- to support the Kenyan-led
nearly 20 years ago. ficers are being taught force.
“More than just a simple French. About 60% of Haiti's more
vote, this is in fact an ex- It wasn’t immediately clear than 11 million people earn
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, meets with Kenya's pression of solidarity with a how big the force would less than $2 a day, with
President William Ruto, left, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in New York. population in distress,” said be. Kenya’s government poverty deepening further
(AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, Pool) Jean Victor Généus, Haiti’s has previously proposed in recent years as inflation
foreign affairs minister. “It’s sending 1,000 police offi- spikes.
By Danica Coto the U.S. and Ecuador was a glimmer of hope for the cers. In addition, Jamaica, The deployment of an
Associated Press approved with 13 votes in people who have been the Bahamas and Antigua armed force is expected
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) favor and two abstentions suffering for too long.” and Barbuda also have to restore peace and se-
— The U.N. Security Council from China and the Russia A deployment date has pledged to send person- curity to Haiti so it also can
voted Monday to send a Federation. not been set, although U.S. nel. hold long-awaited general
multinational force to Haiti The resolution authorizes Secretary of State Antony “With this action, the coun- elections that have been
led by Kenya to help com- the force to deploy for one Blinken recently said a se- cil has ignited a beacon of repeatedly promised by
bat violent gangs in the year, with a review after curity mission to Haiti could hope for the beleaguered Prime Minister Ariel Henry
troubled Caribbean coun- nine months. It comes near- deploy “in months.” people of Haiti,” said Mar- after the July 2021 assassi-
try. ly a year after Haiti's prime Meanwhile, Kenya’s For- tin Kimani, Kenya's U.N. rep- nation of President Jovenel
The resolution drafted by minister requested the im- eign Affairs Minister, Alfred resentative. Moïse.q