Brazil moves to evict invaders from Amazon's Awa lands
January 6, 2014
Brazil moves to evict invaders from Amazon's Awa lands
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Brazilian authorities said they are taking steps to remove illegal invaders from the Amazon heartland of the threatened Awa indigenous tribe.
Brazil's National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) said in a statement seen Monday that justice officials will this week begin notifying intruders that they have 40 days to leave Awa lands voluntarily with all their belongings.
Past that deadline, justice officials will send eviction notices to all non-indigenous people, it noted.
"All non-indigenous people live illegally in the area and will have to leave and there will be no right to compensation," said FUNAI, the government agency handling policies toward indigenous peoples.
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