“I do not sleep without a gun,” says Secretary of Land Affairs
Responsible for land reform, Nabhan Garcia defends weapons in the field, promises to close MST schools and says he will not negotiate with the movement.
Responsible for land reform, Nabhan Garcia defends weapons in the field, promises to close MST schools and says he will not negotiate with the movement.
by Charlott
e Casey, Bay Area Friends of the MST
About 100 people gathered in front of the Brazilian consulate in San Francisco on January 18 to protest Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s threats against the Amazon and the indigenous people who live there.
After Repórter Brasil reveals internal documents determining the suspension, INCRA changes its mind and cancels the memorandums. Civil servants assess that the government is lost.
Five days after suspending the country's agrarian reform policy, the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA) has stepped back and canceled the stoppage, hampering the creation of rural settlements and the titling of quilombola territories throughout the country.
Documents distributed to INCRA's managers provide for the interruption in the purchase and demarcation of land for the creation of [agrarian reform] settlements. The agency says measure is temporary, but does not say how long it will last.
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Social movements and victims report crimes against indigenous people, the Black community, the LGBTQ community, immigrants and women to the IACHR
The proposal goes against Constitutional Amendment 81, which became known as the "PEC [Proposed Constitutional Amendment] of slave labor"
We understand that in these elections two projects are in dispute. And we stand in favor of the project that defends the workers, democracy and a more just and sovereign country
MST leader says elections show how important it is for people to mobilize and vote
Just a few days after the Free Lula vigil in Curitiba, Brazil marked its one month anniversary, I visited the site to deliver a solidarity donation from U.S. Friends of the MST and take part in the daily act of sending Good Day greetings to Lula.