[News page-Taiwan Strait Net].
According to the Efe news agency on January 9, the Brazilian Lula-led decision on the 9th that the actions taken by the Brazilian Army and the Federal Police to combat illegal mining in the Yanomami indigenous settlement in the state of Roraima, in the Amazonas, will no longer be sporadic and will become permanent from this year.
According to the report, Brazil** will invest a total of 1.2 billion reais (about 2.).US$4.5 billion) to implement new public policies to assist indigenous peoples there.
The report notes that the decision was made after Lula held a meeting with several ministers and ***, which took stock of the situation of the Yanomami indigenous people. A year ago, Brazil** launched an emergency operation there to curb the health crisis suffered by the locals.
Lula ordered the military and police to launch the operation a week after taking office last year after witnessing the invasion of the Yanomami indigenous settlement by illegal miners and the abandonment of the former **, which left the local population starving, diseased and without assistance, the report said.
Despite the strong initial actions taken by Brazil**, these actions are not permanent, meaning that there is a resurgence of activities such as illegal mining, which have brought diseases such as malaria and contaminated water sources due to the use of heavy metal extraction**, and fisheries are on the verge of extinction, the report said.
"We will see the issue of indigenous peoples and Yanomami as a national issue, that is, we must make a greater effort to use all the power that public institutions may have, because we cannot afford to lose a war against illegal miners, illegal loggers, that is, those who break the law," Lula stressed. (Compiled by Han Chao).
*: Refer to the news network).