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November 23, 2006
Dear Friends and Supporters of the Via Campesina Occupation of Syngenta,
A truly historic moment is upon us: On November 9 Roberto Requião, Governor of the State of Paraná, signed a decree to expropriate the test site of the Syngenta corporation in Brazil, located in Santa Tereza do Oeste, for the public...
NEW BOOK FROM THE LAND RESEARCH ACTION NETWORK (http://www.landaction.org)
AND FOOD FIRST BOOKS (http://www.foodfirst.org/node/1587)
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Promised Land: Competing Visions of...
The World Needs its Small Farmers
Laura Carlsen, IRC | October 25, 2006
IRC Americas Program Column
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World Food Day, commemorated on October 16, has become more of an exercise in expiation of sins than a renewal of a serious commitment to end hunger.
Throughout the world, the press decries the latest Food...
[11/03/06]
Dear Friends of the MST,
Now that the election has passed, the votes counted, and the winners and losers are known, the moment arrives to sum it up and to look ahead. Even more than counting the number of progressive congressmen and governors elected, we need to make an effort to analyze how we did and sum up the wins...
Brazil's landless poised to end election truce
Thu 26 Oct 2006 13:29:00 BST
By Peter Blackburn
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Oct 26 (Reuters) - From Brazil's Amazon through arid northeast backlands to the rich cane country of Sao Paulo, some 150,000 families are camped by the roadside ready to resume the fight for a plot of land....
[10/29/06]
Lula’s Presidential Victory in Brazil Opens up Challenge From Below
By Roger Burbach
Luis Inácio “Lula
Brazil's landless, disappointed, still lean toward Silva in Sunday's presidential runoff
The Associated Press
Published: October 26, 2006
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NOVA IGUACU, Brazil Eighty landless families seized farmland six years ago and named it "The Promised Land," joining hundreds of thousands across Brazil who have taken land...
Monsanto’s Seeds of Corruption in Brazil
16 Oct 2006 | by Isabella Kenfield for NACLA
Days before Brazil’s October 1 national elections, about 300 members of Vía Campesina and the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) camped in front of the Santa Rita farm. Located in Santo Antônio da Platina in the state of Paraná, the farm...
ZNet | Brazil
It is imperative to stop the right and defeat Alckmin
by Joao Pedro Stedile | October 12, 2006
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We the social movements must mobilize, roll up our sleeves and go to the streets to defeat Alckmin’s candidature.
FROM 1990 to 2002, the dominant classes implemented a disastrous neo-liberal...
Brazil: What’s at Stake in the Second Round
Emir Sader | October 12, 2005
Translated from: Brasil: Lo que está en juego en la segunda vuelta
Translated by: Katie Kohlstedt
Americas Program, International Relations Center (IRC)
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What is at stake in the second round of Brazil's presidential elections is...