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Brazilian Indians killing themselves

04/03/1996

Autor: Katherine Ellison

Fonte: The Miami Herald

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Last year set a record for suicides among the Guarani Indians in villages near the booming western town of Dourados (MS). Fifty-six killed themselves among a population of less than 22.500 - more than doble last year's toll, and more than 50 times the rate of the rest of Brazil.

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