Brazil Election Threatens Indigenous Peoples and Climate

Quiet Canines Podcast · Oct 25, 2026 · 3m

Tomorrow’s election could be a catastrophe for indigenous peoples and the world’s climate. Voters in Brazil head to the polls to elect their next president. Flávio Bolsonaro is the son of Jair Bolsonaro, who was Brazil’s former president.

For indigenous groups like the Yanomami and Ye’kwana, a return to Bolsonarismo threatens their survival.

Jair Bolsonaro stripped environmental protections and allowed an invasion of over 20,000 wildcat gold miners into protected Indigenous lands. Miners used toxic mercury which poisons ecosystems and food chains.

92% of indigenous residents showed dangerous…