[05/21/10] MST Informa #183: In Defense of Environmental Conservation
At the beginning of June, the special parliamentary committee which is discussing changes to the Forest Code should issue its final report of changes in the legislation.
Food Sovereignty and Sustainability
[5/25/10] Syngenta is Condemned in Europe for Human Rights Violations in Brazil
The Swiss multinational Syngenta, which produces genetically modified seeds, was denounced and condemned in the Fourth Permanent Peoples' Tribunal, held in Madrid May 13-17 of this year.
[04-23-10] Eucalyptus in the South, Control in the North
by Hanna Nikkanen
Stora Enso, a Finnish-Swedish giant of the "forest" industry, is conquering Brazil at high speed. The action involves multiple problems, but neither the shareholders nor consumers seem to even bother. Could South America be the Wild West for the paper industry, based on eucalyptus? For nearly a decade, the exotic eucalyptus was the magnet that attracted the western giants of the forest and paper industry to the heat of land disputes, corruption and accusations of environmental crimes in South America and the Far East. The desire was quick profits.
[02-23-10] La Via Campesina Call to Action 17 April 2010 - Join the International Day of Peasant Struggle
Join the International Day of Peasant Struggle: Say ‘No!’ to Corporate Control of Agriculture and Food!
[02-11-10] MST Informa #179: Sign the petition to investigate agribusiness
La Via Campesina launched a petition suggesting that the Mixed Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPMI) recently installed to criminalize the fight for agrarian reform and the MST should be used
[12-02-2009] Landowners Evict Terena Indians Without a Court Order
The Military Police took action on the Buriti homelands Brasil do Fato, December 2, 2009 Today, 19 November, a group of landowners accompanied by armed security guards evicted without a court ord
MST Occupies the Area of Veracel in Southern Bahia
By Silvia Adoui From São Paulo, Brazil, NP Radioagencia Week of April 14 The Fazenda Puntumujú, in the extreme south of Bahia, was occupied by the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST).
[3/17/09] MST Informa #163: Women Struggle against Agribusiness, for Agrarian Reform and Food Sovereignty
Women from La Via Campesina mobilized last week on March 8th for International Women’s Day.
[11/19/08] MST Informa #156: Agrofuels as an Obstacle to the Building of Sovereignty
Agrofuels, like ethanol, are part of an agricultural model that does not produce food, but on the contrary, increases environmental damage through deforestation, burning sugarcane, and other social
[10-16-08] MST Informa #154: Food Sovereignty and Agriculture
The United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture (FAO) announced that the number of people that go hungry in the world rose from 850 million to 925 million this year. What caused this?