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Reuters
Reuters
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By Amanda Perobelli and Pilar Olivares

A wave of indigenous women run for Brazil's Congress in Bolsonaro backlash

Tereza Arapium, from the Arapium indigenous people, candidate for Rio de Janeiro state deputy for the Rede Sustentabilidade party, talks to Indigenous Potira at the Aldeia Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

A record number of indigenous leaders, most of them women, are running for federal office in Brazil's election next month, in a backlash against the policies of President Jair Bolsonaro.

As destruction of the Amazon rainforest, invasions of indigenous lands and violence against their peoples have surged under Bolsonaro, several of these candidates say they are joining the political fray with a sense of urgency.

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