Where Voting Matters: Brazil

Charlie McGill
Mr. Roddy
IHSS
10.31.18
Where Voting Matters: Brazil
Brazil just had their presidential election, and Jair Bolsonaro has won. Jair Bolsonaro is a far right candidate who has often been compared to Donald Trump. The difference between them is that Bolsonaro has said even more hateful things than Trump has. He has been very hateful towards minorities, but especially towards Brazil’s indigenous population. They are who might be most affected by his election, and they are why voting matters so much.
Bolsonaro has been very clear on his wish to get indigenous Brazilians out of Brazil, saying things like “It’s a shame that the Brazilian cavalry wasn’t as efficient as the Americans, who exterminated their Indians.” If he enacts his campaign promises, indigenous people could be facing catastrophe, or at worst, genocide. Bolsonaro wants to take away their protected land, saying that if he becomes president (he is president now) that they won’t have a single cenemiter of protected land. At a later rally, he corrected himself, and said they won’t have one millimeter. He plans to close down FUNAI, who protects indigenous peoples land. They have already faced huge budget cuts. Taking away indigenous people’s land would basically destroy them as people, because they rely on their land for their physical and spiritual well being.
Indigenous peoples already faced issues before Bolsonaro however; gold miners and loggers have been coming into their land and stealing their resources, as well as mounting violent attacks against them. Just recently, two members of the Yanomami tribe were murdered just for being around where the miners were working, which was the land of the Yanomami. These miners and loggers feel empowered by Bolsonaro as well, and he has basically given the green light to kill indigenous peoples. This is a very dark, but prime, example of why voting matters and what the consequences of electing an official like this can be.  

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