Socio-environmental racism, land repossession, real-estate speculation, overlapping lands
The Pataxó historically live in the region where the Comexatibá Indigenous Land is located, in the municipality of Prado, in the far south of Bahia state. Since 1500, the region has been impacted by the colonization of Brazil. The state mistakenly came to call the region “The Discovery Coast”. Many emblematic rights violations against original … Continued