BRASILIA, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Brazil's militant landless peasants invaded tree plantations of Votorantim and Stora Enso paper companies on Tuesday, destroying saplings as part of a protest against m
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
In April 1996, the MST organized a march of the Landless from the southern part of the state of Pará with the intention of demanding Agrarian Reform. On April 4, 1996, approximately 500 Landless set from the Acampamento da Juventade. On April 14, 1996 began marching south from Belem, the state capital. By April 17th the number of marchers had swelled to about 1,500. The march occupied and blocked PA-150 in Eldorado de Carajás with the intention of pressuring the state and federal government to implement agrarian reform.
Movement reaches the milestone of April 17, mobilizing more than 50 thousand activists from 20 states and the Federal District
World Rainforest Movement (WRM) expresses its solidarity with the struggle of women from the Rural Landless Workers' Movement (MST) in Brazil
Company owes more than R$200 million to the Union; 400 families participate in the mobilization on the morning of this Monday (February 10)
Since 1999, 71 landless families are encamped in the 479-ha resistance community
The day when 21 landless workers were killed is remembered as World Day for the Struggle for Land
Actions focus on occupying land for food production and fighting hunger
Understanding the difference between invasion and occupation is fundamental to get the struggle for agrarian reform
