RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - A group of Brazilian landless peasants threatened on Monday to block a railroad run by mining giant CVRD and halt iron ore shipments from Carajas area in a protest
Dear Friends of the MST,
Since 1985, Brazilian families have in large numbers taken to the MST’s call for “bottom-up” agrarian reform.
Conjunctural analysis shows that the slow pace of Agrarian Reform and the prioritization of agribusiness deepen rural inequalities and worsen the food crisis in Brazil
Movement reaches the milestone of April 17, mobilizing more than 50 thousand activists from 20 states and the Federal District
The document denounces the power of capital and patriarchy over peasant women and defends the need for Agrarian Reform and the emancipation of women
World Rainforest Movement (WRM) expresses its solidarity with the struggle of women from the Rural Landless Workers' Movement (MST) in Brazil
With the establishment of the Olga Benário settlement, based on the process of fighting for land, settled families transformed the landscape with dedication to agroecological production and the creation of agroforestry
Movement plants trees and reinforces commitment to environmental preservation and popular agrarian reform during state meeting
Among the participants were João Pedro Stédile, Gleisi Hoffmann, representatives of the federal and state governments and municipalities in the region
