Write a letter for the Ayoreo

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In 2013 satellite images caught a subsidiary of Spanish construction company Grupo San José illegally clearing land inhabited by uncontacted Indians in Paraguay.

Contacted members of the Ayoreo tribe have been claiming title to land owned by the company for twenty years. For those Ayoreo who remain uncontacted, it’s a matter of life and death: they could be wiped out if forced contact is made, as uncontacted tribes lack immunity to diseases brought by outsiders. Many Ayoreo have died as a result of unwanted contact.

How you can help

Please take a few minutes to write to Grupo San José asking them to return the Ayoreo’s land.

Sr Jacinto Rey González
Grupo San José
OFICINA CENTRAL
C/Rosalía de Castro, 44
36001 Pontevedra
Galicia
España

April 25, 2019

Dear Mr Jacinto Rey González

I am writing to urge you to return land owned by your company Carlos Casado S.A. to its rightful owners, the Ayoreo Totobiegosode tribe of northern Paraguay.  Your company's work in the Chaco forest puts the lives of the country’s last remaining uncontacted tribe at extreme risk.

Uncontacted Ayoreo could be wiped out if forced contact is made, as uncontacted Indians lack immunity to diseases brought by outsiders, and many Ayoreo have died as a result of first contact.

Contacted members of the Ayoreo have been claiming title to this land for twenty years. Indigenous people in Paraguay have the legal right to reclaim their ancestral property and the land owned by your company lies in the heart of the Ayoreo’s land claim.

Satellite images prove that Carlos Casado S.A. has illegally cleared forest without the required environmental license.

I am sure that you do not want to be associated with activities that place the lives of some of the most vulnerable people on the planet in jeopardy. I urge you to withdraw from the area, and return the land to the Ayoreo.

Please act quickly to ensure that the Ayoreo’s lives can be saved.

Yours sincerely,

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