Brazil’s Supreme Court has delayed deciding a high-stakes Amazon land-rights case that pits indigenous groups against large-scale rice growers, ranchers and other settlers occupying part of their reserve, which is bigger than the U.S. state of Connecticut. The move came after Carlos Ayres Britto, the Supreme Court justice overseeing the case, voted Aug. 27 to expel settlers from Raposa Serra do Sol, a 4.2-million-acre (1.7-million-ha) indigenous reserve located in Roraima state, in the eastern Amazon. Other justices wanted more time to study the case before deciding whether to side with Britto, who presented a 108-page opinion following testimony from both sides in the litigation. Their caution is not surprising given the interests, passions and legal implications involved... [Log in to read more]