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Brazil: Killings of Indians highlight land crisis
31 January 2003
In the first two weeks of 2003, three Indians have been murdered in Brazil. Behind these deaths lies the fact that Brazil remains the only country in South America apart from Suriname which does not recognise Indian land ownership rights. 
Brazil: Indian leader who toured Europe killed
14 January 2003
Marcos Veron, one of the most important leaders of the Guarani-Kaiowá tribe in Brazil, has been killed by gunmen. Veron, aged approximately 70, is the third Brazilian Indian to be murdered since the New Year. He was the head of a community who had been tr
