BELEM, Brazil — The diminutive woman with a white feather headdress stood on the stage of the majestic colonial theater in Brazil’s Amazon on Monday and addressed the crowd. Sonia Guajajara, Minister of Indigenous Peoples, center, dances with Tembe Indigenous women during the Amazon Dialogue meeting at the Hangar convention center in Belem, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. “There are …
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Thursday that Sônia Guajajara will head up a new Ministry of Indigenous Peoples, with a mandate to oversee policies ranging from land demarcation to health care. She is widely known as the leader of the main umbrella group for Brazil’s many Indigenous tribes and is a member of …
