Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has accused former President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration of committing genocide against a tribal people in the Amazon where more than 500 indigenous children are believed to have died in the past few years.
The Yanomami people live in Brazil's northern state of Roraima, which borders Venezuela and Guyana. It is the country's largest indigenous territory, according to the Guardian. Lula visited the Amazon state on Saturday to observe the predicaments of the tribe, where government neglect and mining and logging have left the people in crisis.
Mais que uma crise humanitária, o que vi em Roraima foi um genocídio. Um crime premeditado contra os Yanomami, cometido por um governo insensível ao sofrimento do povo brasileiro.Bolsonaro's regime weakened environmental protections for the Amazonian people, and critics said his actions and disregard for the tribal people led to increased illegal activity in the region, including illegal gold mining, which may have contaminated drinking water, BBC News reported.
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