Dourados is a city in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, 225 km Southwest of Campo Grande, the state's capital. It has a population of approximately 190.000 inhabitants, and its economy is based mainly in agriculture and pecuary. Flag of Mato Grosso do Sul See other Brazilian States Capital Campo Grande Largest City Campo Grande Area 358,158. ... Campo Grande is the capital of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. ...
DOURADOS, Brazil -- An emergency relief operation has failed to stop the deaths of Indian children from poverty-related illnesses at a reservation in central Brazil, and long-term aid is needed, health officials and Indian leaders said.
The population of the Dourados reservation has exploded in the last decade, leading to a shortage of land among its Guarani, Kaiowa, and Terena Indians.
Dourados Indian leaders accuse the National Indian Foundation, or Funai, which is responsible for managing Brazil's reservations, of negligence and mismanagement.
DOURADOS, Brazil – Geria's ribs bulge from her emaciated body, but she is alive and luckier than the dozens of Indian children who are starving to death each month on Brazil's federal reservations.
Dourados' ranchers fear Indians could claim their properties as ancestral lands – as is their right under Brazil's constitution – if they can prove it in court.
Dourados' Unigran university grants over 60 Indian scholarships a year and is building a reservation child care and literacy center.
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