Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Revokes Amazon Decree Following Protests

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva revoked a decree allowing private concessions for Amazonian waterways following 33 days of protests by Indigenous groups at a Cargill facility in Santarém.Indigenous leaders including Alessandra Korap and Gilson Tupinambá celebrated the decision after arguing that dredging the Tapajós River would threaten ancestral territories and accelerate global warming.The move by the federal government highlights a shift in policy toward environmental protection despite potential political tension with the powerful Brazilian agribusiness sector.