Declared a state of health emergency in Brazil after more than 500 minors died in an indigenous community

The President of Brazil Lula da Silva during his visit to the territory of the Yanomami indigenous population / EFE

Lula’s government is considering launching an investigation for “genocide” by Bolsonaro’s previous cabinet, since malnutrition and disease have decimated an ethnic group under national protection in a few years

Sinning by omission has cost the Brazilian Government the death of more than 500 indigenous minors in the last four years. This is attested by the evidence gathered by President Lula da Silva’s cabinet on the ravages caused by hunger and disease in the Yanomami community, despite being covered by a protection plan.

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