Yacyretá Dam - Displaced People
Around 40,000 people were displaced by Yacyretá Dam in Argentina and Paraguay. Many of the displaced were Mbyá Guaraní people. The reservoir has caused severe problems with polluted water and disease in the region. (Pictured: a Mbyá chief and a child.)
About this community
- Dam
- Yacyretá Dam
- River
- Paraná River
- Established
- 2000 BCE
- Inundated
- 1994
- Population
- 40,000