On July 24, more than 10,000 people marched in Neuquén, Argentina, to denounce state repression and the “oil company governments” that continue to violate Indigenous rights. The Mapuche communities demand the enforcement of Supreme Court rulings recognizing their legal status, yet the provincial government responds with violence and arrests. The Norwegian Solidarity Committee for Latin America (LAG) stands with the Mapuche and urges international action to protect their rights.

To Brazilians, to national and international social movements, to civil society organizations, to the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA), to the Justice System and to everyone who is committed to the defence of the rights to life, to water, to health, to land, to territory, to decent work, to food and to an ecologically balanced environment.

This is to inform you that The Norwegian Solidarity Committee for Latin America (LAG) has received disturbing reports from our partner organization MST about police invading the National School Florestan Fernandes (ENFF) in Guararema, São Paulo.