(ANS - Cuiabá: 3 January 2007) - On 14 December 2006 Brother Mário Bordignon SDB was presented with the State Human Rights Award, in the presence of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Mato Grosso.
The Award was given on the recommendation of the State Deputy Mr. José Ságuas, a Past Pupil of the Salesian house of Alto Araguaia.
Brother Mario Bordignon, a member of the Native Missionary Council (CIMI), is recognised as an active defender of the rights of the native people of the State of Mato Grosso.
