WORLD WORLDWIDE SOUTH AMERICA BRAZIL - news journal UPDATE - (en) Brazil, CAB: FULL SUPPORT FOR THE INDIGENOUS OCCUPATION AGAINST THE PRIVATIZATION OF THE TAPAJÓS RIVER IN SANTARÉM, PARÁ (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 Since January 22nd, the indigenous peoples of the Lower Tapajós region have been occupying the area in front of the Cargill grain port headquarters on the Santarém waterfront. The occupation is part of mobilizations by various indigenous and non-indigenous organizations demanding the revocation of Presidential Decree 12.600/2025, part of the National Privatization Program that grants the Tapajós waterway for private use. ---- In December 2025, the Federal Government launched a tender allocating 74 million reais for dredging works on approximately 250km of the Tapajós River, in the stretch between Itaituba and Santarém. The objective is to increase the navigability of the river for large vessels, most of which belong to private logistics companies that provide services to mining and agribusiness (meat-grain chain), including Cargill.

The indigenous peoples of the Lower Tapajós, through the Tapajós Arapiuns Indigenous Council (CITA), denounce the lack of free, prior and informed consultation regarding these works, as stipulated by Convention 169 of the International Labour Organization (ILO), to which Brazil is a signatory. Impacts are also predicted on the alteration of waterways, erosion of riverbanks, contamination of river biota and, notably, on the way of life of the traditional peoples and communities, guardians of biodiversity along the Tapajós.

During COP30 in Belém, last November, the Federal Government, represented by Minister Guilherme Boulos (PSOL) of the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic, promised the leaders of the Lower Tapajós that no work would be carried out without consultation. Another maneuver by the State to try and curb the direct action of the indigenous struggle.

Direct actions and the fight for autonomy and territorial self-determination of indigenous peoples are inspirations for us, anarchists. We understand that the State is a colonial institution by nature, and that the original peoples and their ancestral territories maintain modes of social and political organization that go against the centralization of state and corporate power, building popular power from below and from diverse points.

BRAZILIAN ANARCHIST COORDINATION (CAB)

https://cabanarquista.com.br/todo-apoio-a-ocupacao-indigena-contra-a-privatizacao-do-rio-tapajos-em-santarem-no-para/
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Link: (en) Brazil, CAB: FULL SUPPORT FOR THE INDIGENOUS OCCUPATION AGAINST THE PRIVATIZATION OF THE TAPAJÓS RIVER IN SANTARÉM, PARÁ (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

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