Brazil is home to about 1.7 million self-declared indigenous individuals belonging to 305 ethnic groups. This population accounts for 0.83% of the total population.
“Looking to the future alienates people from the more immediate need to build our existence in the present. It’s a vision that educates people to selfishness,” he said in an interview to Agência Brasil.
The number of Brazilians who identify as indigenous has grown sixfold in the last 30 years. “The main conclusion is that we’ll continue to exist,” said Professor Rosa Colman from the University of Grande Dourados, interviewed by Agência Brasil.
The data underscores that indigenous communities are facing an inadequate situation, falling short of the targets outlined in the UN 2030 Agenda ratified in 2015.
Neo-Nazi cells surged by 270.6% from Jan. 2019 to May 2021 countrywide, a phenomenon said to have been driven by the spread of hate speech and extremist narratives. At the beginning of 2022, Brazil had over 530 such groups.
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