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Sao Paulo, 6 may (EFE) .- A group of Brazilian Indians Hoyles over 35 hours of occupying the seat of the National Foundation deSalud (FUNASA) in Sao Paulo in protest lasdeficiencias health and reivindicacioneseconomicas.

Indians, representing 36 aboriginal villages in the Sao Paulo region is entrenched in the building Tuesday morning, where they took hostage 37 employees and demanded the regional coordinator dimisiondel FUNASA, Raze Rezek.

Late on Tuesday, Rezek agreed to submit his resignation, but the Indians remained in the building until this fueseefectiva , but had already freed the hostages.

Demonstrators occupied several rooms in the building today, peropermitieron work normally, which noles blockaded the entrances or exits.

From Brasilia, the director of FUNASA, Danilo Forte, rechazohoy analyze the request for resignation under pressure, which dyes considerode political and said that the study only after demonstrators quel vacant facilities.

In the absence of agreement, around 18:00 local time (21.00GMT), FUNASA denounced the occupation to the police for procedaal eviction of the building, located in the center of this city, the utmost of South America.

In an official note, the agency rejected the coercive methods queutilice violent and noted that they are being implemented all projects that had Indians claimed unareunion maintained in the past year.

FUNASA argued that the indigenous communities of Sao Pauloson those with better health coverage across the country, since the supply water reaching 95% of the population and delivered medicines regularly.

The Indians, in addition to calling for the resignation of Rezek daratencion not a village in recent years, seeking improvements in laatencion Medical and are intended more budget.

FUNASA is responsible for the care laspoblaciones Indians since 1999, but will be replaced porotra institution under the Ministry of Health the secondhalf of this year. EFE

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