The Bolsonaro government's handling of the Covid-19 health crisis: effects on indigenous peoples and the Amazon Forest

Abstract

The objective is to understand the relations between different Brazilian governments and indigenous peoples in the last 20 years, with an emphasis on the Bolsonaro administration and during the Covid-19 pandemic. In this sense, it is asked: in what way have indigenous people and the Amazon Forest been affected by the Bolsonaro government's handling of the Covid-19 crisis? A bibliographical research will be conducted based on a qualitative methodology. It was concluded that Bolsonaro encouraged the illegal occupation of demarcated areas, ignored criminal fires in the Amazon and discouraged immunization against Covid-19.