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Indigenous tribe continue Sao Paulo land battle

(11 Mar 2020) An indigenous tribe in Sao Paulo on Tuesday defiantly continued a month-long protest as police urged them to obey a court order to end occupation of land assigned to a construction company for apartment buildings. After hours of facing off, the sides reached a deal late in the day, with members of the Guarani Mbya community agreeing to move the protest to the site's entrance and authorities promising to prevent construction work from restarting until a federal court rules in the case. About 200 Guarani Mbya massed on the land and nearby streets during the day to support the protest against the project by the Tenda construction company. The tribe began the occupation February 4 after finding that about 500 trees had been cut down just a few meters from their own land, which is Brazil's smallest demarcated indigenous reserve. "They say we are against the progress, but they don't say what comes after the progress. After the progress comes destruction, after the progress comes deforestation, after the progress comes all those viruses, after the progress comes the cancer, the lack of water, that's what comes after the progress" said indigenous leader Thiago Karai during the protest. The Guarani Mbya fear the new buildings will destroy a spring and other elements needed for survival on their adjoining reserve, which covers an area smaller than two soccer fields. The dispute underlines amid heightened tensions in Brazil between development and preservation. Brazilian law says indigenous communities must be consulted before construction that can affect their survival. Find out more about AP Archive: https://ift.tt/1CUvJt1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://ift.tt/2mlr9BZ Google+: https://plus.google.com/b/102011028589719587178/+APArchive​ Tumblr: https://aparchives.tumblr.com/​​ Instagram: https://ift.tt/2G5Qog8 You can license this story through AP Archive: https://ift.tt/3baifvR
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