Paraguay: Beef Barons Hold Government To Ransom

Paraguay: Beef Barons Hold Government To Ransom   Brazilian beef barons are holding Paraguay’s government to ransom over land inhabited by uncontacted tribes.   Ayoreo Indians were granted legal title to the land last year, but ranchers have refused to hand it over unless the state allows them to deforest a large area of adjacent land that the ranchers also own.   BBC S.A and River Plate S.A, the two beef companies involved, have been caught illegally clearing land for cattle farming twice in...

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