Two Indigenous Brazilians denied their language interpreter at election voting booth
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https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/10/two-indigenous-brazilians-denied-their-language-interpreter-at-election-voting-booth/
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Two Indigenous women who do not speak Portuguese were denied assistance from their interpreter while voting in Brazil’s Oct. 4 election. The translator who accompanied them to the polls, community leader Mitore Tiriyó Kaxuyana, is a relative of the women and spoke to Mongabay about what happened. Racela Tiriyó, 23, and Mirami Tiriyó, 33, are […]
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