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Maioria dos índios morre de fraqueza
28/07/1970
Fonte: Folha da Tarde (SP)
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Segundo o médico Luís Carlos Tessera de Farias, do Hospital de Redentora, os Guarani da área Guarita, no Rio Grande do Sul, esão debilitados a ponto de morrer de gripe, sarampo e outras doenças causadas por fraqueza, verminose, bronco-pneumonia e desidratação. Ele declarou, ainda, que o tenente Hermínio Oscar dos Santos limitou as visitas médicas à aldeia a duas vezes por mês.
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