Amnesty: land restitution to Brazil indigenous communities a positive yet inadequate measure

Amnesty: land restitution to Brazil indigenous communities a positive yet inadequate measure

Amnesty International (AI) welcomed on Tuesday Itaipu Binacional’s decision to finance the restitution of indigenous land in Brazil to the Avá Guaraní Paranaense people (“the Avá Guaraní”). These lands were previously dispossessed for the construction of the Itaipú hydroelectric dam, a joint project between Brazil and Paraguay. However, the organization stressed that while this measure is a positive first step toward compensating the Avá Guaraní…

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MEXICO – Amnesty International (AI) welcomed the fact that Brazilian justice and the consortium that exploits the Itaipu hydroelectric dam, between Brazil and Paraguay, will restore some lands to the indigenous people of Avá Guaraní Paranaense, but warned that a comprehensive reparation for the dispossession suffered is still far away. Ana Piquer, director for the Americas of AI, said [...] This article Brazil and Itaipu yield in favor of the pe…