SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Indigenous protesters continued to block key Brazilian grain highway BR-163, which links towns in the nation’s biggest farm state Mato Grosso to the port of Miritituba, an important export gateway, highway police in Santarm said on Tuesday.
A judge issued a ruling on Monday ordering the demonstrators to unblock the road in the region of Novo Progresso, Par state, and police are looking to de-mobilize the Kayaps tribe protesters, which have been blocking the road for over 24 hours.
(Reporting by Roberto Samora; Writing by Ana Mano)
