Abstract
This theoretical essay aims to discuss the conditions of production of vulnerability and vulneration of indigenous peoples in Brazil coping with Covid-19. We begin with an overview of the processes of denial of rights and vulnerability that intensified in the Bolsonaro government. We finally highlight the components of vulnerability and vulneration that affect Brazilian indigenous peoples in confronting Covid-19. Results showed that indigenous peoples have multiple vulnerabilities related to their socio historical and cultural contexts, which in Brazil are aggravated by a neocolonialist and authoritarian politic. We clearly concluded that Brazilian indigenous peoples are not only exposed to the condition of vulnerability, but to vulneration facing with Covid 19. The study contributes for understanding the implications of the absence of equitable conditions of protection against the coronavirus regarding to the high mortality of indigenous people due to Covid-19.
Keywords:
Human rights; Indigenous peoples; Health of indigenous peoples; Coronavirus infections.