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(Brazilian tribe vows "mass resistance")
Letter from Guarani-Kaiowa indigenous community over eviction order spreads online.
Entire Indian tribe threatens to commit mass suicide after Brazil court rules they must leave sacred burial land
A entire tribe of 170 Indians have vowed to commit mass suicide after a court in Brazil ruled they must leave what they believe is sacred...
A community of 170 Guarani Kaiowá in Brasil have promised mass suicide rather than cede their lands to agribusiness. #GenocídioGuaraniKaiowa
Suicide letter signed by Indigenous People of Guaraní-Kaiowá, Navirai-MS, #Brazil (IN ENGLISH)twitpic.com/b6sleu #GenocidioGuaraniKaiowa
- Bloggers were quick to spot problems with the reporting.
CIMI in Brazil rightly called attention to erroneous headlines speaking Guarani Kaiowá "mass suicide". Yesterday I said "resist to death"
Update, please RT! Brazilian tribe denies mass suicide reports, plans to resist to the death #GuaraniKaiowbit.ly/SvuB38 Solidarity
Spokesperson for Brazil group rep'ing Guarani-kaiowa says no mass suicide, but mass resistance, will die before pushed off lands- A spokesman for an organisation representing the tribe clarified reports in an interview with a Canadian aboriginal news network:
- “It is not suicide…this is a mistake. They say they are going to die together resisting on their land if they removed by federal agents, the military or gunmen,” said Sposati
- “They are going to stand up and if they start shooting they won’t run.”
- The original letter from the Guarani-Kaiowa community (seen below in Portuguese) was published by Brazil's Indigenous Missionary Council:
CIMI - Conselho Indigenista Missionário
Inserido por: Administrador em 10/10/2012. Fonte da notícia: Egon Heck/Cimi Estava trabalhando na memória histórica dos últimos 40 anos, ...- Global Voices has more on the plight of the Guarani-Kaiowa:
Brazil: The Cry of Resistance of the Guarani Kaiowá · Global Voices
Under yet another threat of eviction from their lands, the indigenous community Guarani-Kaiowá de Pyelito Key / Mbarakay released a lette...
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