Pataxó indigenous people protest against Bolsonaro during speech that celebrated the portuguese invasion

On April 22nd, dozens of indigenous people, mostly from the Pataxó population, occupied the historic city center of Porto Seguro (BA) in a protest against president Jair Bolsonaro, who was in town attending an official event to honor the 522nd anniversary of the arrival of Portuguese colonizers to Brazil. Footage from the protest showing indigenous people marching and chanting against the president went viral.

A few days later, also in the south of Bahia, Pataxó people manifested in front of the mayor’s office of small town Pau Brasil due to police violence. On April 19th, military police officers beat up Priscila Muniz and her husband as they were leaving a public event.