The donations which initially began being offered by encampments and settlements, today are a part of two larger solidarity initiatives in Brazil
This past Tuesday (September 8th), after 115 days without a Health Minister, Brazil hit the grim milestone of 127,004 deaths as a result of the novel coronavirus.
The sociologist who took his class origins to the books and study, saw revolution as essential for the transformation of Brazil
Proposal provides aid of R$ 3,000 [approximately US$ 575], aid for cisterns and postponement of debts; farmers receive R $ 6 thousand
On Monday (July 20) the Chamber of Deputies approved the bill to help family farmers while the Covid-19 crisis persists.
MST proposal points to way out of crises
This Friday (June 5), World Environment Day, the MST launched the Emergency Plan for People’s Agrarian Reform, proposed by the Movement for Brazil with the aim of creating jobs, producing food, moving trade and guaranteeing income and decent living conditions for the people in the midst of the pandemic.
Action will mark the launch of the Emergency Plan for Agrarian Reform, proposed by the Movement at the national level to face hunger and the economic crisis during the pandemic of the new coronavirus.
For months, President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil has insisted the coronavirus is not a serious threat. Beyond instituting a national lockdown in mid-March, his government has left 209 million Brazilians largely without federal help during the pandemic.
Food delivered to underserved areas comes from MST encampments and settlements
A task force took food produced in settlements and encampments to the outskirts of Goiânia. This has occurred in other regions of the country, such as Recife, where since March 24, homeless people have been given lunch boxes.
In addition, the movement's state directorate has guided solidarity campaigns in Recife, Caruaru and Petrolina
Free of transgenics and pesticides, the vegetables will be used to prepare lunch boxes for the needy population
Since the end of March, the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) in partnership with other popular movements, non-governmental organizations, unions and other entities linked to the Brazil Popular Front have been distributing lunch boxes to the homeless in Recife (PE).
In addition to the solidarity actions that spread throughout Brazil, the president of Copavi emphasizes the decisive role of the state: "Many families are deprived of work, and will have no alternative but this urgent help from the state"
