Case Study Report Mariana Dam Break: Affectation of the Krenak Indige-nous People

Abstract

Igor Araujo Magalhaes De Assis, Janeci De Sousa Sidrao, Jonathan Dantas Pessoa, Jorge Luis De Oliveira, Jose Afonso Parente Feijo Junior, Lazaro Luiz Dias Do Carmo Junior and Leidy Dayane Dos Santos Rodrigues

This case study report will deal with the environmental disaster that occurred in the Municipality of Mariana, Minas Gerais, where it will be analyzed, based on a bibliographic research of scientific articles and news reports selected qualitatively based on the relevance and reliability of the sources of information, the facts that occurred, the main people involved in this event, with a focus on the Krenak people who, as a result of the historical violence that was typically practiced against indigenous people in Brazil, are especially vulnerable to this type of environmental violence, the damage caused and the respective criminal offenses that were committed in the case under analysis.

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