High temperatures, strong winds and low humidity in Paraguay’s Amambay department, where some Indigenous Paĩ Tavyterã peoples live, often caused fires to spread out of control.

Maka Indigenous people march to protest for the recovery of ancestral lands in Asuncion, Paraguay, Feb. 28, 2024. Credit: AP/Jorge Saenz ...

Mennonites settled in Paraguay’s arid Chaco forest a century ago, fleeing religious persecution. ... indigenous people may pay the price Published: March 10, 2020 8:12am EDT.

Asunción, Oct 12 (EFE).- Hundreds of Indigenous people in Paraguay demanded their communities’ rights to land and drinking water during a march that toured the streets of Asunción on Thursday ...

The Maka is one of 20 indigenous communities that still survive in Paraguay with a combined population of 120,000 people, according to the government's statistics agency. Most live in extreme poverty.

The United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) held Tuesday that Paraguay had violated the indigenous community’s rights and sense of “home” by not taking any measures to prevent and control the ...

In the South American country of 6.8 million, more than 140,000 are Indigenous people. The latest census from 2022 estimates that around 2,600 Maká are distributed in both urban and rural areas.

In a remote village in Paraguay, indigenous people are gaining hope and leaving poverty. The approach would work in rich nations, too. By Nicholas Kristof Opinion Columnist EL ESTRIBO, Paraguay ...

ASUNCION, Paraguay – Paraguay's president has fired the head of the country's Indian affairs office amid accusations he kicked an indigenous woman. President Horacio Cartes said Friday that he ...

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — Many Maká traditions have slowly faded. Yet a few elders among these Paraguayan Indigenous people recall how their songs imitated birds. “Men used to say that, as ...