Facebook face of the Battle of tribals



There is no shortage of those who consider negative rapidly growing use of social media. But this can not be denied Has provided an unprecedented platform expression of people.

Latin American country of Brazil Not only is a pioneer in using Social Media Website Facebook.Through it, tribal groups  now they fighting for their rights.

Sidrolandia last days in Brazil Ojhil Grabiel, a tribal were killed in the crossfire of police.Condemned the police action videos and photos of the news came on the Facebook in minutes.

Did which tribal group Ojhil belonged to He used social media to send pictures to their followers and unprecedented impact has seen.Brazil's justice minister immediately issued a statement pledging to investigate.

It is not just a phenomenon.Brazil  tribal groups says that the he used social media websites to spread their ideas and the prejudices against them in the local media are falsified.

Heinrich Louis Eloy  lawyer by professionsays,Newspapers and television generally favor local farmers related to farming disputes instead of tribal .

Information platform

According to tribal government is ignored them.
Alloy explains that "the media promotes the belief that non-governmental organizations and the government of India - affairs office Funei provoke these tribal groups so that farmers' lands are occupied."

Toniko Benaits a student of anthropology belonging to the Guarani tribe Kaowa , says that  reality is quite different.

Brazil Toniko reported  "So often Aboriginal groups is removed in NGOs and Funei meetings  As they are opposed to the actions on the ground occupation.The initiative consists of the original inhabitants and their leaders.After the battle and shoot the same Ldengen eat. "

The alloy and Benaits tribal leaders are part of that group.People who get quickly higher education  to the demands of is taking the fight forward.These people use the internet facility at the University of delivering theire message. And comeback to village  or conflict-ridden region their Mobile phone is weapon  for the use of Social Media

Ignoring aboriginal

Aboriginal are using social media to get their word to people .

Tribal having thought that the government have completely ignored them. The biggest example of this President Dilma Rosef have not met even once with tribe group after taking power in 2011.

Toniko Benaits   running a Facebook page on his Kowa Guarani Tribe says "The virtual world of social media in Brazil has helped to establish him speak, had not before"

Benaits explains that his group is fighting for their  ancestral land in central and southern Brazil. But Lalfitashahi and legal constraints generated by agricultural groups, it took decades to go.

On the other hand, Brazil's National Agriculture Confederation says that  tribal are not deprived of their lands. Despite only one per cent of the population of the country was taken 12 percent land.

Brazil government announced last month that will  change the current distribution of tribal territory and the Ministry of Agriculture play big role in this.

Aboriginal resistance erupted after the announcement of the country because they fear that after this process even more difficult for them to regain their ancestral Jhminen will be.

 

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