Indigenous land dispute

The World

When Brazil became a democracy, it was committed to giving land back to Indigenous people. The current right-wing president, Jair Bolsonaro, is trying to roll that commitment back. He’s trying to bring commercial farming and mining to indigenous territory. The World’s Rupa Shenoy reports.  

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