Indigenous community evicted as land clashes over agribusiness rock Paraguay
by Laurence Blair in Raúl Arsenio Oviedo from Environment | The Guardian on (#5S5S1)
Police in riot gear tore down a community's homes and ripped up crops, highlighting the country's highly unequal land ownership
Armed police with water cannons and a low-flying helicopter have faced off against indigenous villagers brandishing sticks and bows in the latest clash over land rights in Paraguay, a country with one of the highest inequalities of land ownership in the world.
Videos of Thursday's confrontation showed officers in riot armour jostling members of the Hugua Po'i community - including children and elderly people - out of their homes and into torrential rain.
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