The online movement to protect indigenous peoples from Covid , created by Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado. He who worked in the Amazon for the last decade, along with his wife Lélia Wanick Salgado, who designs his books and exhibitions, created the petition in support of the needs of indigenous peoples during this period.
According to the author and the author, the indigenous peoples of Brazil have long suffered from deforestation, forest fires, poisoned rivers and invasion of their lands. Faced with the coronavirus, the indigenous people ran the risk of being decimated by Covid-19, as there were no urgent measures to protect them and they were exposed to the coronavirus carried by invaders of their lands. The appeal was addressed to the three Powers of the Brazilian State.
With great international repercussion, the undersigned reached more than 295 thousand signatures, but the PL 1142/2020 that became Law 14021 of 2020 , which provided for specific actions for indigenous peoples in the pandemic, had just over 3500 support signatures in the House and Senate websites, just over 1% of the total reached by the online petition. The approved law had vetoes from the Federal Government that would significantly hinder its reach and that were rejected by Congress.
Despite the legislation, the results and prevention of Covid in indigenous territories was considered insufficient and the Brazilian government was internationally accused of indigenous genocide in the coronavirus pandemic.
Discover Sebastião Salgado's online petition to protect indigenous peoples from Covid-19.
