At the Brazilian Congress, nearly 3,000 indigenous women protested Bolsonaro's "genocidal policy"

Some 3,000 indigenous people from all over Brazil participated from a mbadive march in Brasilia in which denounced "genocidal policy" from the government of Jair Bolsonaro, who opposes new land demarcations and intends to open reserves for activities such as mining.

With campsites since the weekend in the capital of this country, protesters advanced in the morning dressed in feathers and carrying bows, arrows, spears and musical instruments as maracas for the esplanade of the ministries, which leads to the congress and the presidential palace of Plbadto. The procession of this first march of Aboriginal women was led by a large banner: "Resist to exist".

A sound truck opened the mobilization, from which the announced measures were denounced. "They declared war on indigenous peoples. We will not accept the genocidal policies of the government, we will prevent more blood from our peoples, "said a proclamation read megaphone.

"Bolsonaro wants to finish our lands, our ethnic groups. We want our demarcation. In our reserve, there are many invasions of hunters and gold diggers, "he told the agency AFPPotira Guajajara, a 22-year-old student from the village of Lagoa Quieta, in the state of Maranhao. According to the woman, "Deforestation continues to grow" since the arrival in power of the president of the far right.

Guajajara accused Bolsonaro, a supporter of opening protected areas to agricultural and mining activities, to use the "tactics of division among indigenous peoples". The President repeatedly demonstrated against new demarcations indigenous lands, whose inhabitants live according to him "as if they were animals in a zoo. "

According to official figures, some 800,000 indigenous people from 305 ethnic groups live in Brazil, a country that has about 210 million inhabitants. The Brasilia march was funded with "own resources, support from partner organizations and donations", according to the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB). Indigenous women will join Wednesday march of "Margaridas", women of rural areas, held every four years In the Brazilian capital.