Brazil's parliament has overwhelmingly approved the decision to override President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's veto of a law restricting the protection of indigenous lands. The law supports the principle of “limitation of time,” an argument that states that indigenous peoples of Brazil cannot claim exclusive rights to land that they did not physically inhabit or over which there was no ongoing legal dispute before it took effect in 1988 in Brazil.
In September, the Supreme Court ruled the policy was unconstitutional, but a week later the conservative-controlled Senate passed a bill that, among other things, re-proposed the same measure. At this point, Lula intervened and vetoed the part of the text that refers to the principle of “deadline”. The matter is now expected to be considered by the Supreme Court.
Since taking office in January 2023, Lula has renewed his efforts to protect Brazil's indigenous territories: among other things, his government is the first to have a ministry for indigenous peoples led by activist Sônia Guajajara.
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