MST blocks highways in Alagoas and camps at government headquarters in Bahia

While approximately three million hectares of land in Rio Grande do Sul lost fertility after the floods of May last year — according to the Technical Assistance and Rural Extension Company (Emater) — one exception stands out: the Integração Gaúcha settlement, of the Landless Workers' Movement (MST), located in Eldorado do Sul, in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre. Despite the severe impact of the floods, which completely submerged the city…

Actions to take private property by the MST must take place by the 17th of this month. Click to learn more

The International Day of Agricultural Resistance has been celebrated for 29 years on April 17. The international organisation La Via Campesina calls for action, rallies and demonstrations worldwide in the week around April 17. The commemoration day dates back to a massacre in 1996 in Eldorado dos Carajás, Brazil, in which 19 activists of the movement of the landless (MST) were murdered by the police.

The movement, according to the MST, brought together hundreds of militants and is part of the agenda of invasions scheduled for the so-called “Red April”.