"The president vetoed everything that was unconstitutional and not consistent with our Indigenous peoples policy," his Institutional Relations Minister Alexandre Padilha announced.
"The important thing is that Indigenous rights are guaranteed by the veto," she said at a news conference with Padilha after a meeting with Lula to decide the matter.
Indigenous communities across the country claim land that farmers have settled and developed, in some cases for decades.
Farmers have said the bill would ensure greater legal security of their land ownership, curtailing land conflicts.
Minister Guajajara responded in an interview with Reuters that it would undermine the ancestral land rights of Indigenous people and threaten their way of life, and she urged Lula to veto it completely.
Persons:
Sonia Guajajara, Adriano Machado, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Alexandre Padilha, Brazil's, Lula, Guajajara, Anthony Boadle, David Gregorio, Richard Chang
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