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\u201cWe’re going to die here, but we’re not going to go back,\u201d says an Indigenous leader<\/a> who will not be identified for security reasons, after yet another attack on the Yvyju Avary community of the Av\u00e1-Guarani Indigenous people, between the municipalities of Gua\u00edra and Terra Roxa, in western Paran\u00e1 state. The area is part of Tekoha Guasu Guavira Indigenous Land.<\/p>\n In an attack on Thursday (23), a tractor drove over crops and sprayed pesticides near the Indigenous houses<\/a>. “The children are feeling sick. They have stomach aches and nausea,\u201d says an Indigenous woman, whose name won\u2019t be revealed for safety concerns. The Av\u00e1-Guarani people recorded videos of the convoy’s arrival, which, in addition to the tractor, was made up of a truck, a van and two Military Police cars. The vehicles drove ahead, while the tractor got close to the houses spraying poison.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n This is the second attack <\/a>on the site in less than a week. On October 17, a truck and four tractors loaded with pesticides advanced on the community, allegedly at the behest of a landowner who is demanding the expulsion of the Indigenous people from the area. The rural property overlaps the Indigenous territory.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cAll we managed to save that day was destroyed today,\u201d the woman laments.\u00a0<\/p>\n According to the Guarani Yvyrupa Commission (CGY, in Portuguese), the Av\u00e1-Guarani community lives in constant tension due to attacks by agribusiness people on Indigenous territories in the process of being regularized. One of the businessmen in the region agreed to negotiate the sale of his land for the demarcation of the Indigenous land, while another chose to resist violently, escalating the conflicts, which have been intensifying since July.<\/a><\/p>\n In September, the human rights mission organized by the Collective of Solidarity and Commitment to the Guarani Peoples visited three areas retaken by the Av\u00e1-Guarani people: the Arakoe, Araguaju and Yhovy Tekoha, in the municipalities of Gua\u00edra and Terra Roxa. The delegation brought together Indigenous and human rights organizations, authorities and public figures on a mission in solidarity with the Guarani, who have been the target of ongoing violence over the last two months.<\/p>\n