Under Lula land invasions in Brazil rise in first months 2023 by 143% after Bolsonaro’s decline

In 4 months of the Lula 3 government, Brazil registered 56 farm invasions carried out by landless movements, according to the Opposition Observatory report produced by the PL (right) based on data from the FPA (Parliamentary Agriculture Front).

This is a 143% increase compared to 2022.

Here is the full report.

The number also represents only 6 fewer occupations than those recorded during the entire term of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL). From 2019 to 2022, Brazil counted 62 land invasions.

The data for 2023 presented by the report diverges from the Incra (National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform) database. According to the institute, up to April 17th of this year, Brazil registered 33 land occupations.

Poder360 contacted the FPA but did not receive an answer as of the publication of this text. The space remains open.

According to the MST (Landless Workers Movement), the pandemic is related to the low number of invasions between 2019 and 2022.

The movement also contested the data. It said that there were 191 occupations during Bolsonaro’s administration.
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The highest number of invasions recorded in Brazil dates back to 2004, during Lula’s 1st term. The number of invasions remained high during the Lula 2 government.

In 2016, the year of the impeachment of former president Dilma Rousseff (PT), the number of invasions fell sharply. It dropped from 182 in 2015 to 57 the following year.

During Michel Temer’s (MDB) government, the rate varied between 11 and 14 occupations per year, remaining low as of 2019.

With information from Poder360

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