Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/brazil-elections/ Our Thing Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:30:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/brazil-elections/ 144 144 Brazil’s First-Ever Indigenous Congresswoman, Joênia Wapichana, is Warrior for Indigenous Rights https://remezcla.com/features/culture/brazilians-elect-first-indigenous-congresswoman-joenia-wapichana/ Fri, 19 Oct 2018 16:19:28 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_features&p=251068 The Indigenous population in Brazil has always been shut out from positions of power, but Joênia Wapichana is ready to change that. On October 7th, she became the first Indigenous woman elected to Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies – the very first Indigenous woman to hold a seat in Congress in 194 years. Next year, Wapichana

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