1 12 1 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/3c4932b78e4f3ed63b13d07a5930f2fa.pdf 6ede06ef579a625b15a3dc17e08de642 PDF Text Text H u MAN RIGHTS - Namandu: A Guarani Community Pays a Heavy Price for a National Park in Misiones,Argentina O n the lOth of October, 1995. ftelds-<\11 of which were ready for bar- soon after mid-day, a group of vest. Soon the men ret\lrned from the uniformed. amted men from the Body of Park Wardens of the Ministry of Ecology and Nawral Resources of the Government of Misiones entered the Mby'~ Guarani community of Namandu-Arroyo Azul and destroyed its dwellings and nearby fields. The motive for the attack remains unknown. but it is widely believed that it was due to the political interests associated with the creation of the Provincial Park of CuM Pi<U. and the broader governmental plans to bring tourism to the area. The area of Namand(t is located in the eastern end of the valley of CuM Pi<U, in the center of the province of Misioncs of nonheastem Argentina. 1t is <:overed 'vith virgin rainforest and is one of the last undeveloped areas of the ParaM-Misiones Forest. It is also sacred to the eleven Mby'a Guarani communities that live there. The three commttnities of Namandti (Arroyo Azul. Namandu and TamMdua-1) are conSidered the guardians of the sacred area. Only four women. the children. and the elderly were present in the village when the unifo.m1ed men anived say· ing that, in the name of the government. they had to withdraw from the provincial park immediate!)< The women responded in Guarani Mby'tt that they would wait until the men returned. When the women refused to accompany them om of the park, the officials broke into the dwellings, threw otu all of the belongings. and destroyed all of the dwellings in the community, including the "House of Prayer" (Opy). Then the.y destroyed the communitys Vol. 10 No.1 forest with food and found their community completely destroyed . They quickly sought refuge in nearby villages. On the 12th of October, with the help of Other chiefs, the members of Namandt\-Arroyo Azul wrote a letter to Lorenzo Ramos. leader of the Counsel of Caciques (chiefs) of the GuaranJ People. They stated that. · we are J 3 aboriginal L1milies that. for a long time. have lived on this forest. Eight of our families ha,·e been evicted: fony people, old and young... Today we arc thrown out into the streets and we sleep in the forest and don't have anything to eat. The children are gelling sick and us poor mothers and fathers. we don\ know what to do with them because we "This in an incident that does not deseNe all the expensive 'hoopla· that has been made ov.er it. •· -Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources abandoned our houses and the fields of manioc and wheat . \Ne are suffering.. . We do not know what will happen .. . We do not know why we were evicted ... Although the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources did not accept the (esponsibility for the events of Nainandti and stated. "This in an incident that does not deserve all the expensive 'hoopla' that has been made over it," in November a court case ensued during which an ·apology" was issued. The Counsel of Caciques of the Guarani People continue to pressure the local and national governments and arc demanding that a Community Indigenous Territory in the name of the Guarani be created out of the Provincial Park, Ku Pi<U. that would be pan of the Natural Culturnl Reserve. '1l Ple<~se show your Sttpport for tlte Guara11f people by writing I<IW~ demanding: · that du~ governmeru rt pair the ttamagcs they have ir1cun~d m1d d1at the wardens be madt legally n:SI>Onsiblc in a court cjlaw; - "'1'1"'" of tltc rt/p<e$1 cf the Ctwranr communities of K« t>inl that their ltmd II< denwr('ated fn a CommuniLy Indigenous Territory of 12,000 hwarcs; - the re-establishment of Law 2435 that IU· ogni.te.s tile Gtutranf People. and d1eir polid· cal, social. economic., a11d cultuml systems, and grants them relative. autonomy: Sr. Cab<mador de Ia Provinda de Misiones. Don Fc<lerico RamOn Pucna, Casa dtl Cobicmo, 3300 Posadas. Argcmina; Tel: 54- 752-31183 Sr. Pn:sfdcmt de Ia Nadon, Dr. Carlos 5. Menem, Casa de Gol>icmo, 8/lkan:e 50. 1000 Buenos ;\ires; Argentina; fax: 54-1331-6376; Tel: 54-1·343-3051 Sr. P~<sidente Mision~. de Ia C<lmara de Dip«tados cle Don Hector Caballero, Palacio Ltgislativo, h·anoswl<y 1950, 3300 Posadas, Argentina; fax: 54-i52-39193 For more irifonnalion contact the Centro Mocovi "lalel1 lav'a: CasU/a de Como 36, 2728 Mel!nwt (Prov. de Santa Ft). Argentina; Td: ()4) 0465·99015; fax: (51) 0465-99197. 33 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 10, no. 1 (Spring 1996) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Namandu:A Guarani Community Pays a Heavy Price for a National Park in Misiones,Argentina Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring 1996 Language A language of the resource English, Spanish English Zotero Title Namandu:A Guarani Community Pays a Heavy Price for a National Park in Misiones,Argentina Item Type Journal Article Volume 10 Issue 1 Pages 33 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring 1996 Language English Abstract Note Armed men from the Body of Park Wardens of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Government of Misiones entered the Mby'a Guarani community of Namandu-Arroyo Azul and destroyed its dwellings and nearb fields with no known motive. Attachment Title abyayala_v10_n1_p33.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Argentina Namandu-Arroyo National Park Rainforest