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Brazil elects record-high number of Indigenous mayors, vice mayors & councilors

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256 Indigenous people were elected mayors, vice mayors and city councilors in Brazil 's municipal elections.

Indigenous candidates were the only group that recorded growth in votes, compared with candidates who self-declared white, pardo (brown), Black and Asian .

Increasing representation of Indigenous people elected in municipal ballots is a key move to ensure the fulfillment of Indigenous rights, public services and assistance.

Indigenous women accounted for just one mayor of a total of nine Indigenous mayors elected, four vice mayors and 36 of 234 councilors.

Ingrid Sateré Mawé was elected with the slogan, “For women, for the climate and for the future” The parties need to provide more support for Indigenous candidates, APIB says.

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