Nikolas Ferreira: And that's not what happens. Failing to responsibly exploit these abundant resources is irresponsible.
Nikolas Ferreira: ICMBio, Funai and Ibama have made indigenous people into slaves on their own land.
I spoke with people who had received fines of 100,000 reais, of 150,000 reais because they had to clear land to survive.
Nikolas Ferreira: And they can't! They will go to the grave with the fines, because they don't have the means to pay them.
Nikolas Ferreira: I want to send a hug to the people of Thaumaturgo and to all the towns I visited in Acre.