They denounce the fact that the Brazilian Minister of Human Rights presents a girl that she kidnapped as her daughter …

According to Epoca magazine, natives of the Kamayurá ethnic group in Xingú National Park claim that the leader illegally removed Kajutiti Lulu Kamayurá, then 5 years old. The woman is already 20 years old.

The plaintiffs allege that Alves claimed to be a missionary and told the little girl's parents that she would take her to town for treatment, but she never came back. The current manager was accompanied by Márcia Suzuki, today one of his senior advisers.

"I cried, and Lulu was also crying to have left." Márcia took her by force, she said that she was going to send her away, that when she would come on vacation, she would Would send here, "said his grandmother to the publication.

Before the scandal, the minister's office issued a statement stating that the two had met in Brasilia and rejected the role they had played in the separation of the minor and his biological environment. . "Lulu was not torn from the arms of her parents, she left with the agreement of all and accompanied by uncles, cousins ​​and brothers for orthodontic treatment," the message said.

The minor, who was badigned to the minister during those years, was not legally adopted, but according to Alves, he took good care of her. "No law has been violated, her biological family visits her regularly, uncles, cousins ​​and brothers who have left the village live with her in Brasilia, all of whom have an excellent emotional relationship," she said. he declared.

"Lulu is not a public person, he is of age, she was not kidnapped, he left the village with family members and was taken care of by Damares with their consent." case of public interest in this case should be a ground for violation of the right to privacy, without so much exposure, "concludes the note.

The evangelical pastor, who was also involved in another controversy yesterday because of his training (see sideways), runs the Ministry of Women, Family and Human Rights and has been criticized for his comments, either because of the role of women, "they are born to be mothers", for having argued that "pink is for girls and blue for boys".

The news was published the same day that hundreds of people, led by Indians, protested yesterday in Sao Paulo and in other cities of Brazil against the Bolsonaro policy, which promised not to allocate more money. territories to these communities and to defend the agri-food sector moving forward on their lands. ancestral The mobilizations were part of the campaign "Indigenous blood, not a drop more" of the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB).

Bolsonaro has transferred from the National Indigenous Foundation (Funai) to the Ministry of Agriculture the functions of demarcation of indigenous lands and forest monitoring service, sparking criticism from indigenous organizations and environmental protection.

Survival International, an organization for the protection of indigenous peoples, said in a statement that the measures "were practically a declaration of war against the indigenous peoples of Brazil" and denounced Bolsonaro's speech which further encouraged violence in the country. against indigenous peoples. According to the APIB, one million of the 209 million Brazilians "are indigenous and live on land occupying 15.5% of the country's territory and" indigenous lands are real barriers to protecting the jungle. "But, he adds, "last year, deforestation in the Amazon increased by almost 14% compared to the previous year, which is the highest rate of the last ten years".

Financial field and AFP agency