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"Revoking the decree is more than a political decision. It confirms that the struggle of Indigenous peoples and the communities that resisted was never in vain."
— Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , Politician
"Brazil’s legal framework guarantees the right to demonstrate, but it does not authorize the invasion of property or the force."
— Pedro Lupion , Politician
"Indigenous people have been demonstrating for more than 30 days, questioning the decree and pointing out the effects it could have on their communities."
— Guilherme Boulos , Activist
"We announced the Lula government’s decision to revoke Decree 12,600 after meeting today with the Indigenous peoples of the Tapajós, Tocantins, and Madeira."
— Guilherme Boulos , Activist
"It’s been 33 days under occupation. We blocked the airport road, went to the barge to deliver a message, and here we are at Cargill, forcing the government to revoke Decree 12,600."
— Alessandra Korap Munduruku , Activist
"This proves that life – the river – has no price. It cannot be sold, it is not negotiable."
— Maria Leusa , Activist
"I followed the human cost of this mobilization closely, day by day."
— Daleth Oliveira , Activist
Key People
Indigenous leader and winner of the 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize.
Brazil Communications Advisor at Amazon Watch.
Guilherme Boulos is the head of the secretariat of Brazil's presidency.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, commonly known as Lula, is a Brazilian politician and former union leader who served as the President of Brazil.
Leader of the Indigenous movement against the waterway decree.
Pedro Lupion is a lawmaker and president of the Parliamentary Agricultural Front in Brazil.
Renata Utsunomiya is a policy analyst with the Infrastructure and Socioenvironmental Justice group.
Brazil’s Minister of Indigenous Peoples.
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The Brazilian government announced the revocation of a decree allowing private concessions for waterways, following 33 days of protests by Indigenous people at a Cargill facility in Santarém, northern Brazil.
Brazil has decided to revoke a decree that would have expanded Amazonian waterways in a federal privatization program, following the occupation of a Cargill port facility on the Tapajós river by Indigenous protesters.
Brazil’s government announced the revocation of Decree 12,600/2025, which opened the door to privatizing the Tapajós, Madeira, and Tocantins rivers for industrial waterways in the Amazon, following a 33-day Indigenous occupation of Cargill’s port in Santarém, Pará State.
After 33 days of Indigenous protests at a Cargill facility in Santarém, Brazil, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's government announced it would revoke a controversial decree that permitted private concessions for Amazonian waterways.
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