Brazil: Land Grabbers Scramble To Claim Disputed Indigenous Reserve In Amazon – Analysis

By Ana Ionova*

Deep in the Apyterewa reserve, Tye Parakanã waves a hand toward the lush rainforest flanking his village. In the distance, a faint cloud of smoke rises above the emerald canopy of the Brazilian Amazon.

“You see this forest here? Behind it, it’s all ranches,” the 35-year-old Indigenous leader says as...