Brazil: Urgent demarcation to fulfill right to food of 30 Guarani-Kaiowá families

The Guarani-Kaiowá is an indigenous population living in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. In the past, they were pushed off their traditional lands to make way for large agricultural plantations and cattle raising, notwithstanding national law which stipulates demarcation of indigenous lands. On October 7, 2009, the Ministry of Justice declared the permanent ownership of an area of 11,404 hectares situated in the municipality of Caarapó to the indigenous group Guyraroká (Directive No- 3.219). This decision, is a step forward in the process of guaranteeing the human right to food of the 130 indigenous people, however is yet to be sanctioned by the President and duly implemented.