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Notes by Concepción Oviedo
February 24, 2025
The potters: women who support homes and families in Paraguay
In Paraguay, community kitchens have historically been a grassroots response to hunger, an act of resistance and solidarity. In times of greatest crisis…
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July 25, 2024
Guardians of Paraguay's seeds resist climate change
Rural women from Paraguay say they gathered at the 13th Heñói Fair to exchange seeds and weave nets.
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July 3, 2023
Paraguay: After 11 years of peasant demands, they recovered the lands of Marina Kue
The struggle for those lands, after the massacre committed 11 years ago, was emblematic for the Paraguayan peasantry.
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April 14, 2023
Indigenous women compete in Paraguay's national elections and hope to make history
Three candidates from indigenous communities in Paraguay are fighting for a seat in Congress to defend access to land, the rights of women and girls…
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April 5, 2023
Elections in Paraguay: What indigenous women demand of candidates
The needs of Indigenous peoples are rarely addressed in political campaigns, nor are their demands heard. Presentes spoke with leaders Daniela Benitez and María Luisa…
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March 31, 2023
They march for land, health and education for peasants and indigenous people in Paraguay
8,000 people from peasant and indigenous organizations mobilized in the 29th Peasant March to demand the fulfillment of the Agrarian Reform and the cessation of criminalization.
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October 21, 2022
Women and children were attacked during the eviction of an indigenous community in Paraguay
Communities of the Guarani people reported that during the eviction, in addition to beating women and children, they stole and slaughtered animals.
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October 14, 2022
Indigenous Peoples achieved a working group with the Paraguayan State
Five thousand indigenous people marched to Asunción to accompany their representatives, who presented the government with 35 points.
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September 21, 2022
Young people in Paraguay are mobilizing to demand basic rights from the State
A group of nearly a thousand young people from rural and urban areas marched on Tuesday, September 20th in Asunción, from Plaza Italia to the Pantheon of…
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September 6, 2022
Indigenous communities in Paraguay demand solutions to the drought and lack of drinking water
The Campo Loro community says they only have enough water for two months and are demanding that the Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies declare a state of emergency.
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