Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Sets Precedent in Ruling on Grassroots Grantee
By Carol Schachet
September 2nd, 2008
September 2nd, 2008
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Recently Grassroots International made a grant to the Indigenous Council of Roraima through Caritas Brasil in support of their struggle to gain legal recognition of the 6,500 square mile Raposa Serra do Sol indigenous territory, in Brazil’s northern Roraima state. In what may set a significant precedent, one of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices ruled in favor of the Indigenous Council.

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