Suicide Before Eviction

Author

Marta Vitor Guarani
Joao Ripper
Nucleus for Indigenous Rights
CIMI
Rainforest Action Network

Item Type

Journal Article

Abstract Note

Indigenous people of Mato Grosso do Sul face expulsion from their lands as ranchers supported by the government claim the land. Though the territories have been demarcated for the indigenous groups, they are still at risk of being taken away due to the complicated legal processes related to land rights. Many in the communities have resorted to killing themselves and more threaten to do so if orders for expulsion are carried out.

Date

Summer 1994

Issue

1,2

Pages

26-28

Publication Title

Abya Yala News

Title

Suicide Before Eviction

Volume

8