Brazil's Indigenous Peoples' long, painful wait to go home

Headline Title:  Brazil's Indigenous Peoples' long, painful wait to go home 09 August 2013 Amnesty International’s Secretary General Salil Shetty marks Indigenous Peoples Day with a visit to Brazil.The Indigenous Peoples of Brazil have been waiting a quarter of a century to get their land back. That was when Brazil’s federal authorities made a promise to protect and restore the land used by the country's of Indigenous communities. Instead, those 25 years have taken a horrible toll – both on the communities and on the land. In Mato Grosso do Sul, what were hectares of forest…

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