Indigenous community evicted as land clashes over agribusiness rock Paraguay

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.