Nogueira says that with the casinos, "we have the opportunity to pay this historic debt to our indians communities that have lasted for more than 500 years, and finally to provide our Indians with a life worthy of prosperity without the need to destroy their culture or their environment."
In the United States, there are about 150 Indian communities in 24 states that exploit gambling, a move that began in 1979. Many caciques have enriched the model. Critics say the practice works as speculation. It promotes corruption, scission and the play of interests within indian groups.
President Donald Trump defends the model but is accused of investing millions of dollars to help the communities gain federal recognition and then open gaming centers, ensuring tax exemption.
Reelected in October, Dagoberto Nogueira is one of 50 anti-indian parliamentarians listed in September by the Conselho Indigenista Missionário (Cimi). Nogueira proposed the end of the technical groups for the identification and delimitation of lands traditionally occupied by the Guarani in Mato Grosso do Sul.
The deputy owns 2,249 hectares of land in Miranda, with Fazenda Mariana, acquired in 1998. In 2009 he applied to the Institute of the Environment of Mato Grosso do Sul a Term of Provisional Legal Reserve Notice for an area of 121 hectares. And a Term of Commitment of Restoration of Legal Reserve "for non existent area of 222 hectares," according to Imasul. That is, the area had been deforested.
Source: GMB / Jornal Extra Classe
