The Santa Catarina government closed the José Boiteux Norte Dam’s floodgates last Saturday night. Situated in the Vale do Itajaí, this dam is on indigenous Xokleng land. It hasn’t been in use since 2014. The next morning, police and Xokleng tribe members clashed. Three indigenous people got injured during the conflict and went to the […]
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