- Photo: Vincent ter BeekBrazil’s agricultural cooperative Lar has announced a substantial investment of € 370.5 million for its poultry and pig producing chains in Paraná state The money will be spent between now and 2024 The company will use these resources for existing or new slaughterhouses feed plants and farms mainly in the north and west of the state Paraná is one of the most important states in Brazil when it comes to livestock production The investment includes contributions from integrated producers and expansion of Lar’s own strategic activities the development will take place at plants as Santa Helena Rolândia and Marechal Cândido Rondon (€ 70.6 million) The cooperative expects to create 26,000 jobs, according to Lar president Irineo da Costa Rodrigues “We are investing in chicken and pork production and the industries of the pole cities of Rolândia Because Lar is the 4th largest poultry processing cooperative in Brazil a lot of the investments will go to the poultry sector There are plans for the pig industry as well The cooperative currently works with 2,570 GGP sows Investments of € 6.93 million at 5 nurseries and 44 breeder farms will help to increase production with 23% to 45% the organisation expects to have 3,170 GGP sows There will be a leap in the production processes of slaughterhouses The investment in the pig chain includes Frimesa cooperative installations in Assis Chateaubriand city; Lar is responsible for 25% of the business only 5% of Lar’s revenue is from this partner Lar supplies 3,000 pigs per day to Frimesa for 246 farms in 12 municipalities Da Costa Rodrigues made the announcement in early February during an event attended by Ratinho Júnior Da Costa Rodrigues put forward several demands to the public authorities These included infrastructure and implementation of alternatives for energy production In 2019, Pig Progress visited a feed plant of Lar in Santa Helena, Paraná and learned about the cooperative’s background The governor pointed out that the state is already advancing in most of those topics and Lar’s investments will help Paraná to further increase food production and industrialisation “Paraná has taken pride in Lar cooperative throughout its history We want to make its developing process easier.” Indígena durante mobilização pela demarcação de terras e garantia de seus direitos na Esplanada dos Ministérios - Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil April 19 as the "Indian Day" Influenced by Marechal Cândido Rondon then President Getúlio Vargas issued a decree-law in 1943 establishing the commemorative date native peoples have experienced an organizational leap and increased their ability to influence the Brazilian State And they turned the date into "Indigenous Peoples Day" celebrated with that name for the first time in 2023 reaffirming the diversity of the more than 300 indigenous peoples that live in the country indigenous peoples have strengthened their organizations allied themselves with indigenists and produced important milestones in their history and in Brazil’s This was the case with the creation of the first indigenous reserve in the 1960s passing through the Constituent Assembly’s demand movement and the first Acampamento Terra Livre (“Free Land Camp” in literal translation) with the creation of the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples and an Indigenous Parliamentary Front "Indigenous peoples not only have survived but actually became relevant political actors and have their guidelines on the agenda of the broader Brazilian public sphere in which it is no longer just a question of survival but of placing the indigenous peoples’ issues at the center of the political debate" researcher on the relationship between indigenous peoples and the State at federal universities of Pará (UFPA) and Viçosa (UFV) The inclusion of the date in the national calendar did not mean respect for the native ways of life nations around the world used to conceive the indigenous question in two ways: integrate them or exterminate them through wars and military campaigns with the aim of decimating populations.  that the indigenous condition was transitory indigenous peoples would surely disappear soon and become part of the national society This is the reason why in 1943 the indigenous population was in decline The 2022 Census preview indicated that the Brazilian indigenous population has doubled in the last 10 years and exceeded 1.65 million By the time of the creation of Indian Day in Brazil the organization of indigenous peoples was "incipient" and still strongly affected by the so-called “March to the West” "The true sense of Brazilianness is the March to the West" shouted Getúlio Vargas on New Year's Eve 1938 In the speech transmitted by radio throughout Brazil he defended "opening paths and extending economic frontiers" And the Villas-Bôas brothers – Orlando Cláudio and Leonardo – were responsible for making contact Already under the presidency of Jânio Quadros in 1961 Brazil had the first indigenous land recognized by the federal government: the Xingu Indigenous Park Kayapó born on one of the tributaries of the Xingu River was probably the first indigenous leader who was internationally recognized for the struggle for rights Cacique Raoni and Lula at the inauguration ceremony on January 1st 2023 / Photo: Tânia Rego/Agência Brasil But the military's project for the indigenous people was radically different from the vision of the Villas-Bôas brothers and the indigenous leaders themselves Although they have not waged a declared war their fingerprints are spread over the most obscene cases of genocide against peoples the new frontier of expansion of Brazilian capitalism during the dictatorship that began in 1964 the process of annihilation of the original peoples was in full swing The protectionist and preservationist perspective of the Villas-Bôas brothers no longer influenced the State Despite the cruel methods against the indigenous people there were almost no denunciations or opposition The main driver of the genocide was the Brazilian State itself through the Serviço de Proteção aos Índios (Indian Protection Service or SPI in the portuguese acronym) The first denunciations were compiled in the so-called "Figueiredo Report" produced by then-prosecutor Jader de Figueiredo Correia sexual abuse and mass murders perpetrated by the military government In an attempt to lessen the impact of the repercussions the dictatorship changed the name of the official indigenous organization of the Brazilian State leaves the scene and the National Indian Foundation the new organization continued the atrocities carried out by the SPI perpetuating the project of dissolution of the indigenous peoples' ways of life entities originating from the Catholic Church were created with the aim of boosting the organization of indigenous people such as the Indigenous Missionary Council (Cimi) and the Native Amazon Operation (Opan) "Anthropologists began to organize themselves politically in the Brazilian Association of Anthropology and thus built this process of a network of allies The indigenous people know very well how to work with alliances this is a characteristic of their politics at the local The Constituent Assembly's Explosion of Claims  the Constituent Assembly of 1987 and 1988 represented an organizational leap for indigenous peoples in Brazil along with the most diverse sectors of society to demand their rights to be included in the Federal Constitution after two decades of military authoritarianism this period laid the foundations for the organization of the current Brazilian indigenous movement.  "Studies indicate in this period an increase in the organizational capacity from the point of view of the indigenous movement and a significant increase in the main product of the Brazilian indigenist policy there was a significant increase in indigenous associations" many of the regional and local organizations that today make up the Brazil's Indigenous People Articulation (Apib) were formed The organization brings together leaders from all regions of the country and has indicated names that today make up the Lula government (Workers' Party) such as the Minister of Indigenous Peoples Sônia Guajajara the most important indigenous event in Brazil The ATL mobilizes thousands of people and hundreds of peoples All in defense of the native peoples’ constitutional rights Most editions took place at Esplanada dos Ministérios in Brasília (Federal District) scheduled this year to start on April 24th the UFV professor predicts a "boom" of indigenous people with higher education degrees who are increasingly professionally qualified to exercise leadership positions The phenomenon should reflect affirmative policies in public educational institutions a law forced universities to reserve places for indigenous people who studied in the public system "That means there are already generations of scientists and indigenous thinkers which is a process that Canada did in the 1970s and 1980s So today there are already many established thinkers in Canada who are indigenous You are going to start seeing this now here in Brazil So the summary is this: a path like this with comings and goings but indigenous peoples are in a growing movement" All original content produced and editorially authored by Brasil de Fato may be reproduced provided it is not altered and proper credit is given All original content produced and editorially authored by Brasil de Fato may be reproduced provided it is not altered and proper credit is given.