A guarani genocide in Brazil?




An ongoing genocide, continuous cruel aggression against kaioguá-Guarani communities in 



Mato Grosso do Sul

D.Anton



The Guarani-kaoiwa village is made up of the survivors of the great Guarani nation who live  

primarily in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil. It is worth remembering that Mato Grosso is a Portuguese translation of the word Guarani "caaguasú". Originally the Guarani or Tupi-Guarani 

population including the villages of the eastern territories along the oceanic strip of South America 

were spread in thousands of communities from the Rio de la Plata to the Amazon.




After the Spanish-Portuguese invasion and conquest these numbers fell dramatically in a few years. Massacres, rapes, looting, land confiscations, spread of diseases and especially religious reductions 

destroyed most communities and restricted their survival today to a few unproductive and isolated 

plots.

One of the main surviving Guarani nations is the Guarani-Kaiowa (in Spanish, Guarani-caiguá) with a total population of 40,000 is being held in a few inadequate reserves in Mato Grosso do Sul and in

some slums around some cities. The Guarani-Kaiowa live in extreme poverty. They have a life  

expectancy of less than 40 years  lower than any independent country of the world. They have a high percentage of teen suicide that has made headlines worldwide again and again.

They are struggling with limited success to enforce their rights. As we know in Brazil and other Latin-American countries (and also in North America) there is a law for "citizens" and another one for "Indians".






I think it is worth drawing attention to this tragedy that still continues.

The historical struggles of the Guarani peoples and their resilience have been developed in the book  "Amerrique, Orphans Paraiso" of Piriguazú Editions

blog in Spanish: daniloanton.blogspot.com