Tag: landless

200 Landless Families Invade Brazilian Farm Belonging to Paper Company

Under renewed pressure from the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST), the Idaph, Brazil’s Forest ...

Brazil: Ten Years After Landless Massacre Gunmen Still Have the Last Word

On 17 April 1996, military police began clearing landless protesters from the PA-150 highway ...

‘Lula Is Hostage of Previous Administration’s Policies,’ Says Brazil’s MST

Marina dos Santos, of the Brazilian Landless Movement’s (MST) National Coordinating Body, discusses the ...

UN Draws in Brazil Road Map to Implement Land Reform in 193 Nations

Formulating a document containing recommendations for 193 countries is one of the major tasks ...

UN Gathers LatAm Leaders in Brazil to Accelerate Fight on Poverty

With three quarters of the world’s 852 million men and women who suffer from ...

Brazil Hosts International Conference on Land Reform

Between March 7 and 10, Brazil will host the 2nd International Conference on Agrarian ...

Brazil Government Says It Has More than Delivered on Land Reform Promises

The official numbers are in: this year, Brazil’s National Agrarian Reform Institute (INCRA) settled ...

Brazilian Minister Says Lula Will Keep His Word to Settle 400,000 Landless Families

Brazil’s Minister of Agrarian Development, Miguel Rossetto, declared that the Brazilian government’s previously announced ...

Landless’s Invasions Hinder Reforms, Says Brazil’s Minister

Brazil’s Minister of Agrarian Development, Miguel Rossetto, criticized the invasions organized by the Landless ...

In Brazilian Courts Little Has Changed Since US Nun’s Murder

Social movements and human rights groups suffered yet another defeat this month at the ...