Paraguay's government, through the National Institute for Rural Development and Land (Indert), is preparing for a historic milestone in the country's land regularization. This Friday, May 22, starting at 10 a.m., at the Caazapá Governorate headquarters, the first batch of property titles will be delivered to the Santa Teresa del Mandu'ara community, located in the Abaí district of Caazapá department.
The event will be attended by President Santiago Peña, Indert President Francisco Ruiz Díaz, and other national and departmental authorities. The ceremony marks the end of an agrarian conflict that had dragged on for 32 years, involving families linked to the Paraguayan Peasant Movement (MCP).
The first ten property titles will be handed over to agrarian reform beneficiaries. Indert reported that it will continue titling more families in the region, highlighting the creation of a Special Commission for Conflict Management, led by Ruiz Díaz, which brought together representatives of the San Óscar Romero neighborhood commission (formerly Marina Cué), Father Pascual Kinoti, advisor to the commission, and other local stakeholders.
Dialogue was cited as the main tool to unlock the case, considered one of the most emblematic in the country. The expectation is that definitive land regularization will drive the community's comprehensive development.