1st Indigenous person, Ailton Krenak, joins Brazilian Academy of Letters, receiving literary esteem and apology for dictatorship-era crimes.

Brazil's Krenak Indigenous group gains literary esteem and an apology for dictatorship-era crimes, as renowned writer and environmentalist Ailton Krenak becomes the first Indigenous person to join the Brazilian Academy of Letters. This marks a significant moment in Brazil's history as the Krenak people receive both literary recognition and an apology for past crimes committed against them during the dictatorship era.