RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS TERRITORIAL RIGHTS IN THE GOVERNMENT TEMER: omission and backspace

Abstract

This essay discusses the policy of the government of Michel Temer, in the period of August 2016 and April 2018, regarding the recognition of the territorial rights of indigenous peoples. The government of Michel Temer has issued a number of administrative measures that aimed to obstruct demarcation processes in order to guarantee the support of parliamentarians to his government, avoiding the Supreme Court's assessment of the allegations of corruption crimes committed in his management. In a context of democratic breakdown, the prominence of the rural sector, committed to approve a set of rules with the objective of deepening the dismantling of the indigenous legislation and of environmental protection, advancing with its guidelines in the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary branches. In this sense, the measures taken by Temer's government strengthen the State's omission and the continuation of violations against indigenous peoples, in order to aggravate the situation of violence and vulnerability to which their communities are exposed. The cases of Indigenous Lands of Jaraguá in São Paulo, and Tekoha Guasu Guavirá in Paraná, will be presented, illustrating the practical effects of the current government's commitment to the political and economic agenda of agribusiness.