Indigenous remain in Cargill port entrance Monday after a higher court overturns an order to remove them

On Sunday, a higher court overturned a Friday judicial order to “unblock” areas where Indigenous groups are blocking access to U.S. grain giant Cargill’s port facility in Santarém in the Brazilian Amazon. Protesters want to halt Brazil’s plans to dredge and privatize the Tapajós River.

Indigenous remain in Cargill port entrance Monday after a higher court overturns an order to remove them
Indigenous protesters outside the Cargill grain port facility. They demand cancellation of federal plans to dredge and privatize the Tapajós and two other rivers in the Amazon. Photo: Tiffany Higgins