President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced this Friday (20) that he will travel to Roraima to see up close the situation of the Yanomami, a people who are experiencing a health crisis that has already resulted in the death of 570 children from malnutrition and preventable causes in recent years. years old. The Yanomami indigenous land is the largest in the country, in terms of territory, and suffers from the invasion of miners. Details of the trip are being closed, but the president should arrive in the state this Saturday morning (21). 
“We received information about the absurd situation of malnutrition of Yanomami children in Roraima. Tomorrow [sábado] I will travel to the State to offer the support of the federal government and, together with our ministers, we will work to guarantee the lives of Yanomami children”, said Lula in a post on social networks.
We received information about the absurd situation of malnutrition of Yanomami children in Roraima. Tomorrow I will travel to the state to offer the support of the federal government and, together with our ministers, we will work to guarantee the lives of Yanomami children.
— Lula (@LulaOficial) January 20, 2023
The Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Sônia Guajajara, who is accompanying President Lula on the trip, highlighted the situation of the Yanomami and promised emergency measures to contain the health crisis. “It is very sad to know that indigenous peoples, especially 570 Yanomami children, died of hunger during the last government. The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples will take urgent measures regarding this humanitarian crisis imposed against our peoples”, said the minister in a post on Twitter.
At the request of the President @LulaOficial we will visit the Yanomami Indigenous Land tomorrow for an emergency inter-ministerial action.
Our Yanomami relatives face a humanitarian and health crisis. It is unacceptable to see our relatives die of malnutrition and hunger.#SOSYanomami
— Sonia Guajajara (@GuajajaraSonia) January 20, 2023
The president is not expected to go directly to the Yanomami villages, which are located in the interior of the state, and will visit the indigenous health care structures in the capital, Boa Vista. Lula will be accompanied by the Ministers of Justice and Public Security, Flávio Dino; Defense, José Múcio; Development and Social Assistance, Wellington Dias; Health, Nísia Trindade; of Human Rights and Citizenship, Silvio Almeida; the General Secretariat, Márcio Macedo; of Indigenous Peoples, Sônia Guajajara, and of the Institutional Security Office, General Gonçalves Dias.
Also part of the entourage is the commander of the Air Force, Brigadier Marcelo Kanitz Damasceno, the president of the National Foundation for Indigenous Peoples (Funai), Joenia Wapichana, and the secretary of Indigenous Health of the Ministry of Health, Ricardo Weibe Tapeba.
Matter updated at 20:24 to add information.
