Tag: Landless Rural Workers’ Movement

• Tuesday, October 26th 2021 - 18:17 UTC

  Rural workers stage protest before Argentine Congress in support of Access to Land bill

  

  Argentina's Union of Land Workers (UTT) Monday camped in front of the Congress building in Buenos Aires in support of the Access to Land bill. The UTT, which claims to represent rural workers nationwide, who make up for 8 % of the national workforce, planned to stay mobilized for 4 days in a row.

• Thursday, July 27th 2017 - 01:52 UTC

  Brazilian landless peasants invade soybean plantation owned by Agriculture minister

  

  Hundreds of landless farmers in Brazil have invaded and occupied a soybean plantation owned by a company belonging to Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi. The takeover by some 500 people was organized by the Landless Rural Workers' Movement, which encourages the seizure of farmland it deems unproductive as a tactic to pressure the government.

• Wednesday, January 7th 2015 - 06:39 UTC

  Land possession and peasants, the first strong clash in Rousseff's cabinet

  

  Land possession has caused the first clashes in the newly named cabinet of President Dilma Rousseff with Agriculture minister Katia Abreu arguing there are no large estates ('latifundium') left in Brazil, while her Agrarian Development peer and a stalwart from the ruling party said a social approach was needed to the land and peasants issue.

• Saturday, February 15th 2014 - 07:58 UTC

  Thousands of landless peasants clash with police in Brasilia

  

  Brazilian police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at about 16,000 landless farmers marching for land reform in clashes that left 42 people hurt. The march on Brasilia on Wednesday was the latest in a series of protests rocking the nation, raising security concerns just four months before Brazil hosts football's World Cup.

• Friday, July 12th 2013 - 19:22 UTC

  Rousseff bites back to protests: highway-blocking banned and organizers will be fined

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff reacted swiftly to the latest national stoppage saying that her government will not tolerate protests blocking highways or streets and with the Ministry of Justice will draft rules to fine those organizations responsible for such actions.