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"I'm also tired of people who only want to take advantage, of the traffickers' parallel government, of paying so many taxes for nothing, of so much impunity, of so much bureaucracy, of the aerial chaos, of the congressional investigative commissions that come to nothing, of seeing children in the streets and not in the schools, of prisoners talking on their cell phones, of corrupt businesspeople, of fear of stopping at a red light, of stray bullets, of so much corruption, of finding all this normal, of doing nothing." - Civic Movement for the Right of Brazilians
The main leader of Brazil's Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST), João
Pedro Stédile, defends the need for the Brazilian agrarian policy to prioritize
income distribution. The MST considers classical land reform finished off and is
proposing a new type of reform to the government. They believe the current
model, which has been coopted by the Brazilian elite, is dominated by
international financial capital.
The possible elimination of a 54 cents-per-gallon tariff on imports of
Brazilian ethanol has become a vital issue in Brasília due to the country's
potential economic, environmental, and social repercussions. Lifting the tariff
would ultimately produce a surge in demand for Brazil's domestic bio-fuels in
the U.S., where crude oil imports currently dominate the domestic energy
industry. 
Last week the Chamber of Deputies conducted an opportune debate around one
question: "Why is education succeeding in other countries and not in Brazil?"
The answer requires merely three words: "Because they're trying." And the
question, therefore, is, "Why aren't we?"
The largest social movement on the continent, and one of the most important
in the world, held its 5th Congress in mid-June 2007 in Brasília. Despite
successful mobilization of masses of people and significant media impact, under
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's government the movement faces
strong challenges to activate its base against new enemies, such as
agribusiness.