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Security & Strategic Review - October 2024
BRAZIL: Government settles decades-long quilombola land dispute
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and several cabinet ministers have hailed the conclusion of negotiations which began last year to settle a decades-long land dispute in Maranhão state between local quilombola communities and the Brazilian air force (FAB). Quilombolas, the descendants of runaway slaves who founded their own rural settlements, have spent years pushing for property titles for their ancestral lands in Maranhão, but the government’s efforts to develop infrastructure stood in the way. The Lula administration has signalled a more cooperative attitude towards quilombola land rights, but local activists have expressed doubts over the government’s latest promises.
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