World leaders have backed commitments by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to defend Indigenous peoples’ rights and the environment (see, for example, go.nature.com/44wpdvb). But insufficient support for the new president’s government in the National Congress means that his predecessor’s opposing policies on the issues still stand.
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