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Bolsonaro says ancestral right to indigenous lands will put an end to Brazil’s agroindustry

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Thursday(26) that a favorable decision by the Federal Supreme Court (STF) granting the "ancestral" right to land defended by native peoples "would put an end" to the country's agribusiness, one of the world's largest.

"If the past understanding changes, immediately, we are going to have to demarcate [create boundaries] by order of the Judiciary another area equivalent to the Southeast region as indigenous land and, then, agribusiness ended," Bolsonaro has told his supporters during his departure from the Alvorada Palace, his presidential residence in Brasilia.

"People say that . . .

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