By Aline C. Piva | Council on Hemispheric Affairs | June 20, 2016 On June 14, 2016 approximately 70 armed men approached a small group of Guaraní-Kaiowá families and, after terrorizing them by burning their belongings, opened fire, killing 26-year-old indigenous leader Clodiodi Aquileu Rodrigues de Souza Guaraní-Kaiowá. Among those shot, at least 10 other […]
By Emily Tarbuck | The Argentina Independent | June 6, 2013
The Brazilian government has announced that it will send around 200 soldiers to land occupied by indigenous groups in Mato Grosso do Sul.
By Laura Benitez | The Argentina Independent | June 2, 2013
Indigenous groups have re-occupied farm land in Mato Grosso do Sul, South of Brazil, after being evicted on Thursday.
The groups are claiming ownership over part of the farm as they say it forms part of their ancestral lands.
