Paraguay: Indigenous Still Marginalized 200 Years Later

Paraguay: Indigenous Still Marginalized 200 Years Later Gustavo Torres, 2011   While most of Paraguay’s population was fixated on the bicentennial of the nation’s independence from Spain on May 14, there was little to celebrate for the country’s indigenous peoples.   Representatives of indigenous organizations headed to the capital, Asunción, to demand the government take immediate action to stem the severe problems afflicting Paraguay’s 20 native peoples: extreme poverty, little access to...

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