Brazil Congress overturns Lula veto on limit to Indigenous land claims
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Brazilian Kayapo Indigenous people sit in front of the Brazilian Supreme Court during a session to discuss the so-called legal thesis of 'Marco Temporal' (Temporal Milestone) in Brasilia, Brazil September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File photo
BRASILIA - Brazil's Congress on Thursday overturned a presidential veto that had struck down the core of a bill backed by the powerful farm lobby that would have limited Indigenous land claims.
In a joint session of both chambers, lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to annul President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's veto against the establishing of a deadline limiting claims to ancestral lands where Indigenous people had lived by 1988. REUTERS
