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Brazil Indigenous Leader in Hospital After Testing Positive for Covid-19
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Sep 2, 20201:01Now PlayingChief Raoni Metuktire, an Indigenous leader who became a symbol of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon forest in Brazil, remained in a Brazilian hospital Tuesday.
Raoni tested positive for Covid-19 and was hospitalised on Monday with symptoms of pneumonia.
The near 90-year-old Kayapó ethnic leader does not have fever and is breathing normally without the aid of oxygen, the Raoni Institute said.
Raoni Metuktire's granddaughter, Mayalú Txucarramae, claims there is a genocide happening in Brazil.
"If our greatest representative (President Jair Bolsonaro) had worried about the Brazilian people, he would have a discourse to protect the population, (in favour) of the protection of each people (race) that live here in Brazil. And this is a genocide. Even if the government doesn't accept that, this is a genocide."
About 30-thousand Indigenous people have contracted the virus and more than 700 have died since the beginning of the pandemic, according to data released by the Association of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, a non-profit group. On August 4, a Supreme Court ruling forced the government to present within 60 days a plan to create sanitary barriers that protect Indigenous communities from Covid-19.
Raoni previously met several European leaders to denounce Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's calls for the economic development of Indigenous land in the Amazon rainforest. Bolsonaro alleges that such development is key to the economic prosperity of the local population and the country.
A month ago, Raoni was hospitalised for 10 days after suffering diarrhoea and dehydration in his home in the Xingú Indigenous reserve, in the state of Mato Grosso. Raoni also had low blood pressure, anemia and ulcers, and had to receive two blood transfusions.
For years, Raoni has campaigned for the protection of Indigenous territories in the Amazon. A 1978 documentary, "Raoni: The Fight for the Amazon," contributed to his fame, as did a 1989 tour with British musician Sting.
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