Chief Raoni is Fighting the Genocide of his People
and the Ecocide of the Amazon by Brazil
Stop the genocide, Stop the ecocide.
Article 4, Resolution 260 (III) A of the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948
"Persons committing genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in Article 3 shall be punished, whether they are constitutionally responsible rulers, public officials or private individuals."
and the Ecocide of the Amazon by Brazil
Stop the genocide, Stop the ecocide.
Article 4, Resolution 260 (III) A of the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948
"Persons committing genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in Article 3 shall be punished, whether they are constitutionally responsible rulers, public officials or private individuals."
"For 30 years Chief Raoni of The Kayapo People, has dedicated his life to trying to stop the Belo Monte Dam from being built in his beloved Amazon Rainforest. Helped by the singer, Sting, and many other celebrities along the way, he has met many World Leaders, travelling extensively in his efforts to get the World to Awaken to the Catastrophic Climate Nightmare awaiting the World, if Brazil's President, Dilma Rousseff, continues ahead with building Belo Monte, third largest and most inefficient dam in the world, in the Rainforest, along with a further 59 Rainforest dams, and over 400 in Brazil by 2030. If Belo Monte continues to be built it will bring Genocide to Chief Raoni's People, to Shayla Juruna's, and ALL those dependant on the mighty River Xingu for their very *EXISTENCE* They have tried everything they can think of to stop this dam, but Dilma Rousseff refuses to listen to them, to people around the world, to experts, to the voices behind the MILLIONS of signatures collected against this outrage. Chief Raoni, now in his 80s, has vowed to fight to the death with his Warriors rather than let Belo Monte be built." -Support Chief Raoni, Facebook page has lots of info.
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"The Brazilian government is to send 110 soldiers to intervene in a land dispute between indigenous tribes claiming their ancestral territory and a local politician who owns the cattle ranch. One member of the Terena tribe was killed in the row as police tried to evict the 200-strong group last week. The group reoccupied the farm on Friday and the dead man's cousin was injured on Tuesday when he was shot by an unidentified attacker. Two other tribe members are missing.
Troops are to arrive in the farm state of Mato Grosso do Sul to try to prevent more violence, officials said. Protests have now erupted across Brazil as tensions rise over farmland and the sites of hydroelectric dams in the Amazon..."
"Do not take our land for your dam: Stunning stand-off between Amazon Indian tribe and government in Brazil over hydroelectric water scheme"
By Helen Lawson, June 6, 2013 (gorgeous photos)
Troops are to arrive in the farm state of Mato Grosso do Sul to try to prevent more violence, officials said. Protests have now erupted across Brazil as tensions rise over farmland and the sites of hydroelectric dams in the Amazon..."
"Do not take our land for your dam: Stunning stand-off between Amazon Indian tribe and government in Brazil over hydroelectric water scheme"
By Helen Lawson, June 6, 2013 (gorgeous photos)
Genociders are confronted by Genocidees.
April 15, 2013
Brazil
Brazil
Amazon Uprising
The Indigenous April (Abril Indigena) gathering which is held in Brasilia from April 15 to April 19 2013, took the turn of a mini-revolution on Tuesday 16 of March when nearly 300 indigenous people, including Chief Raoni, invaded the Chamber Of Deputies in Congress in the middle of the parliamentary debate. The event shook those in power in Brazil, who, up to this point, had turned a deaf ear to the demands of the native people on their own lands. A working group, including parliamentarians and indigenous leaders, was created urgently. On the 18th of April, Chief Raoni was to meet President Dilma Rousseff for the first time, with 9 other indigenous representatives, but the visit did not take place. The Head of the Brazilian state, whose palace also became the scene of demonstrations on the day of the meeting, seized the pretext of a last-minute reunion to fly to Venezuela.
2013, an Indian Spring?
As an impressive gathering of about 600 leaders descending from the ethnic diversity of the indigenous peoples of Brazil, the Indigenous April (Abril Indigena) planted the seeds of an « indian spring » when, on Tuesday 16th of April 2013 around 10:30am half of them, while singing and dancing, seized the plenary room of the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia, in the midst of the debates. This peaceful protest, which needs to be qualified as historic, provoked a true panic reaction among the deputies whose rout was the subject of much talk. With drums, clubs, sticks and spears in their hands, the indigenous people stated that they would not leave until the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Henrique Eduardo Alves had heard them. The ordinary session was interrupted...
THE STRONG DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE BRAZILIAN CONGRESS BY CHIEF RAONI AND 300 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE SOWS THE SEEDS OF AN "INDIAN SPRING"
www.raoni.com
2013, an Indian Spring?
As an impressive gathering of about 600 leaders descending from the ethnic diversity of the indigenous peoples of Brazil, the Indigenous April (Abril Indigena) planted the seeds of an « indian spring » when, on Tuesday 16th of April 2013 around 10:30am half of them, while singing and dancing, seized the plenary room of the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia, in the midst of the debates. This peaceful protest, which needs to be qualified as historic, provoked a true panic reaction among the deputies whose rout was the subject of much talk. With drums, clubs, sticks and spears in their hands, the indigenous people stated that they would not leave until the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Henrique Eduardo Alves had heard them. The ordinary session was interrupted...
THE STRONG DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE BRAZILIAN CONGRESS BY CHIEF RAONI AND 300 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE SOWS THE SEEDS OF AN "INDIAN SPRING"
www.raoni.com
