[10/25/07] MST Informa #144: Crimes of Syngenta Seeds -- Out of Brazil!
Dear friend of the MST,
[10/29/07] Corporate Murder in Brazil: Land Activists Shot by Militia Linked to Multinational
by Isabella Kenfield and Roger Burbach In the Brazilian state of Paraná, Valmir Mota de Oliveira of Via Campesina, an international peasant organization, was shot twice in the chest at point blank
[10/23/07] MST's Valmir Mota de Oliveira, aka "Keno", murdered on 10/21/07
[10/23/07] Armed Militia Attacks Via Campesina Encampment and Kills Activist
PRESS RELEASE from VIA CAMPESINA Armed Militia Attacks Via Campesina Encampment and Kills Activist There were no hostages at the site, to the contrary of reports by the Globo News Network.
[10/16/07] Brazil's Landless Movement Raids Paper Companies
BRASILIA, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Brazil's militant landless peasants invaded tree plantations of Votorantim and Stora Enso paper companies on Tuesday, destroying saplings as part of a protest against m
[09/19/2007] IPS Reports: Amazon Logging Means Short-Lived Prosperity. By Roberto Villar Belmonte
BELEM, Brazil, Sep 19 (IPS/IFEJ) - Devastation, violent land conflicts and rapid -- but short-lived -- economic growth are the traces left by deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon over the last 30
[September 2007] EarthFirst! Journal Reports: Agrofuel Production is the "Principal Enemy of the Movement."
What do you get when you fuse the most brutal landowners of the Global South with some of the most powerful corporations of the North, such as Monsanto, DuPont, British Petroleum and Morgan Stanley
In a meeting with Lula, the MST reaffirms People’s Agrarian Reform as the basis of democracy and food sovereignty
In his speech, President Lula highlighted the importance of the Movement's political participation, the advances in agrarian reform, and a firm stance by Brazil on the international stage.
At the COP 30 Agrizone, the protagonists will be those blamed for the environmental crisis
Embrapa's event at the Climate Conference will be sponsored by giants such as Bayer, Nestlé and Syngenta, accused of practices that deepen socio-environmental damage
Area in MT where priest, defender and landless workers were detained has court ruling against owners of large estate
After violent eviction, governor of Mato Grosso, Mauro Mendes, says that 'whoever has possession will have the protection of the police'
