Paraguay native tribes crowded out by ranching, soy planting boom-U.N.

[Judi Lynn]

Paraguay native tribes crowded out by ranching, soy planting boom-U.N.
Source: Reuters - Fri, 28 Nov 2014 20:38 GMT

ASUNCION, Nov 28 (Reuters) - More than 40 percent of Paraguay's indigenous communities are landless and many of those who have with homes are being displaced by a rapid expansion in soybean farming and cattle-ranching, a United Nations official said on Friday.

The South American country's economy has expanded quickly, but at the cost of destroying forests and polluting rivers that are essential to the culture of native tribes, which make up about 2 percent of Paraguay's 6.3 million population.

"Almost half of the indigenous communities lack land, even when their land has been titled in their name," said Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. "Land security is not guaranteed."
She spoke to reporters in the capital city of Asuncion at the end of a week-long investigation.

Paraguay now exports more beef than neighboring commodities and it is the world's No. 4 soybean exporter, with a 2014-15 crop expected at about 10 million tonnes.

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[truedelphi]

1. The top five percent of farming "families" there plant

Round Up ready crops.

Kids who need to cross those fields to get to school end up with feet and legs covered in sores.

Water is privatized, and the Bush Crime Family owns huge tracts of land as well.

[Judi Lynn]

2. So the top 5% doesn't mind sacrificing the health of the children.

What a shame they are above moral law in Paraguay, as well.

Undoubtedly they bought off the lawmakers long ago.

If only Monsanto executives and "scientists" could reap their rewards right here, right now, publicly, with a world of people they have harmed there to watch them.