Guarani children starve to death
In Brazil, Guarani children are dying from starvation. Robbed of almost all their lands, the Indians can no longer feed themselves.
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Indian children starve to death
Three Guarani children have starved to death so far this year; hundreds more are suffering from malnutrition. Crammed onto tiny pockets of land, the Indians have nowhere to hunt, fish or even plant crops.
Killings of Indians highlight land crisis
In the first two weeks of 2003, three Indians have been murdered in Brazil. Behind these deaths lies the fact that Brazil remains the only country in South America apart from Suriname which does not recognise Indian land ownership rights.
Indian leader who toured Europe killed
Marcos Veron, one of the most important leaders of the Guarani-Kaiowá tribe in Brazil, has been killed by gunmen. Veron, aged approximately 70, is the third Brazilian Indian to be murdered since the New Year.
Guarani-Kaiowá of Brazil win land rights
The Guarani-Kaiowá Indians of Cerro Marangatu in Brazil have won back their land after 50 years.
Evicted Guarani-Kaiowá camp on the roadside
During the night of 12 October 2002, about 200 Kaiowá Indians were thrown out of the village of Tey Cuê in an area called Caarapó, and are now camped on the side of a highway near the town of Dourados, under plastic tarpaulins.
Guarani: respected shaman dies
Paulito Aquino, a Kaiowá shaman and one of Brazil's oldest citizens, died on 3 September 2002 in his village of Panambizinho in Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. Reckoned to be aged about 120, he had witnessed massive changes in his long life.