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Brazilian Guarani Community Denounces ‘Poisoned’ River

Categories: Latin America, Brazil, Citizen Media, Environment, Indigenous
Footage of poisoned river in Ypoi, Paranhos, state of Mato Grosso do Sul. By Aty Guasu on Youtube. [1]

Footage of ‘poisoned’ river by Aty Guasu on Youtube.

A video showing the contamination of the Ypo'i river, near the settlement of an indigenous Guarani [2] community, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, has been circulating on the web. The Guarani, struggling for their land [3], “believe it was deliberate and ‘not an accident’”, Survival International reports [4].