O fim do silêncio: povos indígenas, violação dos direitos humanos e as reações da ditadura civil-militar ao relatório Jáder de Figueiredo (décadas de 1960-1970)

Abstract

The idea when approaching this subject is due to the fact that the Figueiredo Report has a historical importance, after all it is a record about the violations of the human rights of indigenous peoples in favor of economic development, during a period in which silence perpetuated. The denouncements have repercussions in the press bodies that play their role with mastery in this matter. However, this role suffered a brutal blow due to the enactment of AI-5, which silenced any fact that could delegitimize the Brazilian dictatorial government and cause popular revolt; it is in the midst of this national chaos that the Figueiredo Report appears and also suffers this weight. After all, the Figueiredo Report, when it wins the public with the press conference of the Minister of the Interior, ends up confirming the suspicions of an indigenous policy based on the extermination system, generating an indignation of the international community. And precisely because of the pressure exerted by countries abroad, they kind of force a response from the Brazilian civil-military dictatorship, despite a strong political repression against the enemies of the homeland, which, in this case, are the indigenous peoples, because they are located in highly profitable regions.