Tag: agrarian reform

Brazil Farmers Need New Standards of Productivity

The Brazilian Constitution determines that unproductive properties may be condemned for the purposes of ...

Concentration of Land Makes No Sense, Says Brazilian Government

According to the Executive Secretary of Brazil’s Ministry of Agrarian Development, Guilherme Cassel, the ...

12,000 Landless Marchers at the Door of Brasí­lia, Brazil

Twelve thousand Brazilian workers left the city of Goiânia on May 2 for the ...

For Brazil Land Reform May Be Key to Peace for Indians

The President of the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (Incra), Rolf Hackbart, ...

Land Conflicts Up in Brazil

Last year, 39 people were murdered in land-related conflicts in all Brazilian territory. Although ...

Americans March All Over U.S. in Support of Brazil’s Landless

On April 22, demonstrations at Brazilian consulates around the United States, spearheaded by a ...

Brazilian Landless Ready for 17-day March to Brasí­lia

Leaders of Brazil’s Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) had a meeting, yesterday, with members ...

After Cuts Brazil’s Agrarian Reform Gets More Money

Brazil’s Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA) will receive another US$ 154 million (400 million ...

North Leads Deaths Due to Land Dispute in Brazil

2004 was a year marked by an increase in the number of rural deaths ...

Land Invasions Grow 47% in Brazil

Data from Brazil’s National Agrarian Auditor’s Office indicate a 47% increase in land invasions in ...