Mercury, gold and lead: topical-problematic considerations on violence in yanomami territory by illegal miners
considerações tópico-problemáticas sobre a violência em território yanomami por garimpeiros ilegais
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The widespread media coverage of the chronic scenario of neglect towards the Yanomami people at the beginning of 2023 prompted an emergency mobilization of government institutions responsible for providing health services and ensuring public safety. Local investigations revealed that the advancement of unauthorized mining in the region has been accompanied by violence, disease, and intimidation to the detriment of the native population, with an intensification over the last years of the 2010s. Considering this situation, this article aims to evaluate — through the use of the legal topical method — the conditions surrounding the practice of mining in Yanomami indigenous territory, as well as the formal treatment established in Brazilian legislation. Among the main conclusions drawn is the observation that the reasonable and fair ideal and ideological limitations enshrined in the 1988 Constitution remain gravely unsupported by concrete initiatives to provide practical meaning. For this reason, institutional measures genuinely aimed at achieving a lasting and effective solution to the problems faced by the Yanomami indigenous people must involve a dedicated interinstitutional effort, including collaborative behavior from neighboring nation-states.
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