Tag: MST

Brazil Says Landless’s Demands Are Being Taken Care Of

Brazil’s  Minister of Agrarian Development, Miguel Rossetto, says that among the agreements reached during ...

14,000 Landless in Brazil Take Over Farms, Toll Booths and Banks

Brazil’s Landless Rural Worker Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra) (MST) kicked off ...

Neoliberalism Has Killed All Hope Brazil Once Had About Lula

The topic of corruption in Brazil, which involves the current government and some of ...

Without a Plan No President Can Rescue Brazil, Says Landless Leader

João Pedro Stédile is an economist and a national leader of Brazil’s Landless Workers ...

We Got a Government We Did Not Elect, Says Brazil’s Landless Movement

The following excerpt is from a recent letter written by the National Secretary of ...

Brazil’s MST Calls for an End to Career Politicians

The political and social crisis that Brazil is facing is an opportunity for activists ...

Brazil’s MST Brings the Country to the Cities

Three years ago, 65 Brazilian families left the city to live out a new ...

Brazil’s Social Movements Coalition Comes to Lula’s Rescue

After a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a coordinator of ...

Landless Movement Wants a New Brazil in the Country and Cities

{mosimage}On 2 May 2005, over 12,000 members and supporters of the Brazilian Landless Movement ...

Brazil’s MST: ‘Despite Police Provocation Our 230-Km, 12,000-People March Was a Success’

On May 17, after walking more than 230 kilometers, the 12 thousand workers who ...