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INDIGENOUS TERRITORY AND ISOLATED COMMUNITIES UNDER THREAT IN PARAGUAY

‘Voluntary trust’ legislation discussed in Senate. While the Ayoreo Indigenous People have title to half their traditional territory, draft legislation introduced by a group of government senators would establish a Fideicomiso Voluntario or  ‘voluntary trust’ for the rest of their traditional territory. The Ayoreo-Totobiegosode were never consulted about the Trust,

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Declaration of the International Working Group GTI-PIACI Emphasizes the Urgent Need to Protect Peoples Living in Voluntary Isolation

From December 5-9, representatives from Indigenous Peoples’ and civil society organizations from across South America gathered in Asunción, Paraguay, for the annual meeting of the International Working Group on Indigenous Peoples Living in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact (GTI-PIACI). They gathered to analyze the current situation of the PIACI in

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