
Guarani-Kaiowá of Brazil win land rights
The Guarani-Kaiowá Indians of Cerro Marangatu in Brazil have won back their land after 50 years.

The Guarani-Kaiowá Indians of Cerro Marangatu in Brazil have won back their land after 50 years.

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.

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.