Tag: MST
By Alexandre Garcia
(Opinion) The governor of Mato Grosso is setting an example to other governors to guarantee a fundamental clause of the Constitution, the property right.
The caput of Article 5 lists the rights and places life and property on...
By Alexandre Garcia*
(Opinion) You must wonder why the Brazilian stock market falls, why there is so much concern in the economic market in general.
Now we have statements by the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, complaining about interest rates –...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - When it comes to the developments of agroecology in Brazil, one cannot help introducing Ana Maria Primavesi and her legacy to the debate. This woman agronomist and professor created the first soil management techniques...
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIBERÃO PRETO, SP – Last Monday President Jair Bolsonaro paid a visit to Ribeirão Preto, on the opening day of its annual “AgriShow” extravaganza, whose official name is “International Trade Fair of Agricultural Technology in Action”.
President...
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spent Thursday night at the Metalworkers Union building in São Bernardo do Campo (São Paulo) along with close allies and hundreds of supporters,...
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Supreme Court denied former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s habeas corpus request to remain free while appealing his twelve year one month conviction. With the Court’s six...
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Thousands of pro-government backers took to the streets on Friday in Brazil to show their support for President Dilma Rousseff’s administration as well as state-owned oil giant Petrobras. Marches entitled...
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Protesting against the country’s agribusiness model, thousands of landless Brazilians have been marching on highways, occupying rural properties and public buildings since the beginning of the month. According to the...
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL - The number of people murdered in Brazil over land and environmental disputes rose by more than ten percent in 2012, to a total of 32 deaths, according to a land rights...