A group of about 1500 indigenous women occupied the building of the Special Secretariat of Indigenous Health (Sesai) of the Ministry of Health in Brasilia late yesterday afternoon. They are against the municipalization of indigenous health and against the decision of the Minister of Health, Luiz Henrique Mandetta, which determined the extinction of Sesai.
According to indigenous leader Sônia Guajajara, "they put an indigenous secretary in the briefcase to say that the Indigenous are represented, but she has no commitment to our people. We want to strengthen special health and subsystems. In addition, we are against legalizing deforestation. We will not accept the genocidal policy of the Bolsonaro government. We are not obliged to accept any destruction of our rights. "
