Henda'yva

In the 1970s, some 36 Ava Guaraní indigenous communities, from the subgroup called Paranaense, inhabitants of the Paraguayan riverside of Paraná, were displaced against their will for the construction of the Itaipú hydroelectric dam, one of the largest in the world. Violating international treaties, the Ava Guaraní were destined to small territories that they had to share with other groups, far from the waters of the Paraná, losing their old habitat that went from the Saltos del Guairá, in Canindeyú, to the Saltos del Monday, in Alto Paraná . Since their expulsion, none of them has received a territorial compensation from the hydroelectric company that belongs to the States of Brazil and Paraguay, many of them even today continue fighting for the recognition of their communities.