“It’s a shame that the Brazilian cavalry hasn’t been as efficient as the Americans, who exterminated the Indians.”
Correio Braziliense newspaper, April 12, 1998
Racist remarks”
“The Indians do not speak our language,
they do not have money, they do not have culture. They are native peoples. How
did they manage to get 13% of the national territory””
“There is no indigenous territory where there aren’t minerals. Gold, tin and magnesium are in these lands, especially in the Amazon,
the richest area in the world. I’m not getting into this nonsense of defending
land for Indians”
“[indigenous reserves] are an obstacle
to agri-business. You can’t reduce indigenous land by even a square meter in Brazil
On the demarcation of indigenous territories
“I
fought with Jarbas Passarinho [former minister of Justice] right here. I fought
with him about the high treason he committed in demarcating the Yanomami
reserve. Criminal.”
“Not a centimeter will be demarcated either as an indigenous reserve or as a quilombola [territory for descendents of African slave communities].”
“You can be sure that if I get there [elected
President of Brazil
“If I become President there will not be
a centimeter more of indigenous land.”
He later corrected himself, and said he meant “not one
millimeter” in this interview with
Globo News, August 3, 2018 (at 01:23:30)
Globo News, August 3, 2018 (at 01:23:30)
__"This unilateral policy of demarcating
indigenous land by the Executive will cease to exist. Any reserve that I can
reduce in size, I will do so. It will be a very big fight that we’re going to
have with the UN" __
On abolishing existing indigenous territories
“In 2019 we’re going to rip up Raposa
Serra do Sol [Indigenous Territory in Roraima, northern Brazil
On forcibly integrating indigenous people
“We are going to integrate them into society. Just
like the army which did a great job of this, incorporating the Indians into the
armed forces.”
Globo News, August 3, 2018 (at
1:25:33)
On dismantling FUNAI (Brazil’s department for indigenous affairs)
“If I’m elected, I’ll serve a blow to FUNAI; a blow to the neck. There’s no other way. It’s not useful anymore”
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