Check out some perspectives that should be discussed this year
Almost two weeks have passed since the beginning of a new year; it is common to reflect on some perspectives and challenges that, in general, we will face...
Check out some perspectives that should be discussed this year
Almost two weeks have passed since the beginning of a new year; it is common to reflect on some perspectives and challenges that, in general, we will face...
In this first text of the special series “Agro is Toxic”, we talk about a matter of concern: Brazil stands out as the largest consumer of pesticides in volume on the planet
The year 2020 is almost over and is already considered atypical: the living and livelihood conditions of workers have been severely affected. Brazil has the sad record of 165,811 deaths from the new coronavirus until the date of publication of this text.
On the other hand, there are sectors of the economy and business groups that celebrate achievements and profits in this period. This is what happens with the agribusiness industry, which profited in this pandemic year, while the social crisis deepens: from January to July this year, the agribusiness GDP grew by 6.75% - a percentage that is equivalent to R $ 109 billion in income. The data(link is external) are from the Center for Advanced Studies in Applied Economics (Cepea), University of São Paulo.
On August 14, 2020, 65 families were violently evicted from the Quilombo Campo Grande encamptment in the state of Minas Gerais. During the eviction, the police deliberately destroyed the Eduardo Galeano School. The school educated not only from the encampment but also from the surrounding area in topics such as agroecology and also had a vibrant adult literacy program.
Read about the history of Quilombo Campo Grande and the Eduardo Galeano School HERE.
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This webinar discusses the financing of land theft in Brazil by U.S. financial corporations and the...
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