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flag Brazil's Supreme Court upholds Indigenous land rights, blocking Congress from restricting ancestral territory claims.

flag Brazil's Supreme Court has ruled that Indigenous land rights are constitutionally protected and cannot be overturned by Congress, rejecting legislative attempts to restrict land demarcation. flag Six of ten justices upheld the principle that Indigenous communities have inherent rights to ancestral territories, invalidating the "Marco Temporal" doctrine that limited claims to pre-1988 occupation. flag The decision strengthens legal protections for hundreds of Indigenous groups awaiting formal recognition and intensifies tensions between the judiciary and Brazil's conservative-led legislature, which has pushed to weaken such safeguards.

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