SAMPLE EMAIL ACCOMPANYING THE SALSA DECLARATION ON FICO AND A’UWẼ (XAVANTE) RIGHTS TO FREE, PRIOR AND INFORMED CONSENT (4-4-26)
SAMPLE EMAIL
ACCOMPANYING THE SALSA DECLARATION ON FICO AND A’UWẼ (XAVANTE) RIGHTS TO FREE, PRIOR AND INFORMED CONSENT
The sample email text below is provided as a potential model for individual communications to the relevant Brazilian authorities. Communications can be sent to President Lula, the Minister of Povos Indígenas and the FUNAI President. Copying the other authorities listed below will also be helpful. Names and titles of additional authorities are supplied for information only and do not need to be included in email communications.
Dear Excellencies Sr. President Luis Ignácio Lula da Silva, Ministra dos Povos Indígenas, and FUNAI President,
I write to urge you to respect A’uwẽ-Xavante’s right to FPIC for all infrastructure projects planned for implementation in A’uwẽ traditional lands, including the Central-West Integration Railway FICO, EF-354), highways such as BR-080, and small hydroelectric dams (PCHs) along the Rio das Mortes, the sacred river that runs through their lands..
Please stop pressuring A’uwẽ leaders to accept the PBA-CI that is flawed according to international standards and restart consultations through a process that respects A’uwẽ governance, provides comprehensive, scientifically informed information about the impacts of all planned infrastructure projects, and includes sound legal representation that respects A’uwẽ’s constitutional rights. In addition, stop misinformation campaigns that publicly represent A’uwẽ as having accepted the existing PBA-CI.
Accelerate A’uwẽ land demarcation now.
[Your Name]
Addressees:
His Excellency Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Presidente da República, sgpr.agenda@presidencia.gov.br
Ministério dos Povos Indígenas (MPI)
agenda.mpi@povosindigenas.gov.br
mpi.segati@povosindigenas.gov.br
eloy.terena@povosindigenas.gov.br
Sra. Lucia Alberta Baré, Presidente da FUNAI, presidencia@funai.gov.br
CCs:
Ministra Marina Silva, Ministério do Meio Ambiente, ascom@mma.gov.br
Ministra Margaret Menezes, Ministério da Cultura, agendaministra@cultura.gov.br
Dr. Renan Sotto-Mayor, Defensor Pública da União, DPU Mato Grosso, renan.mayor@dpu.def.br
Dr. Guilherme Fernandes Ferreira Tavares, Procurador do Ministério Público Federal, MPF, dirleirosa@mpf.mp.br
Sr. Dutsã Top’Tiro, Presidente, Associação Xavante Warã, warasecretaria@gmail.com