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National Sovereignty Is At The Root Of The Environmental Struggle In Brazil

September 16, 2025 Miguel Enrique Stedile, People's Dispatch. Strategize! Brazil, Environment, Environmentalism, Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST), Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, Sovereignty

The battle to preserve our environment is intrinsically linked to the defense of our national sovereignty. How our country positions itself on the global stage, who our natural resources serve, and who dictates the rules of the environmental game are central issues in ensuring a sustainable future for the Brazilian population. The increasing frequency of prolonged droughts, devastating floods, and suffocating heat waves are not mere accidents of nature; they are symptoms of a deep environmental crisis that affects all Brazilian biomes. For popular movements in rural areas, the root of the environmental problem lies in the logic of the capitalist system, which prioritizes profit over life and nature.

MTST Consolidates Occupation In Rio De Janeiro’s Port Region

June 3, 2025 Brasil De Fato, People's Dispatch. Resist! Affordable Housing, Agrarian Reform, Brazil, Homeless Workers' Movement (MTST), Housing, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, Rio de Janeiro

In the early hours of Saturday, May 31, the Homeless Workers’ Movement (MTST) strengthened an occupation in an area of Rio de Janeiro’s port region that already brought together around 200 families. According to the Movement, the area belongs to Jornal do Brasil and Docas S.A. and had been abandoned for more than two decades. Members of the MTST have been cleaning up the land, preparing the area to organize housing and a community kitchen. “This is an occupation that has been going on for a few days and today we are in the process of consolidating it, guaranteeing more structure for the families,” explains Gabriel Siqueira, national coordinator for the MTST.

Indigenous Peoples Release Final Declaration Of Terra Livre Camp 2024

April 29, 2024 Brasil De Fato, People's Dispatch. Resist! Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB), Brazil, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva

The last day of activities at the Free Land Camp (ATL) 2024 in Brasilia was marked by the release of a joint declaration signed by the organizations behind the event, which marked its 20th edition this year. Entitled Land, Time and Struggle, the document identified as the “Urgent Declaration of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil”, published on April 26, reaffirms the struggle of the Indigenous peoples: “OUR MARK IS ANCESTRAL! WE’VE ALWAYS BEEN HERE!” “The deliberate decision by the powers of the state to suspend the demarcation of Indigenous lands and to apply Law 14.701 (the Indigenous Genocide Law) amounts to a DECLARATION OF WAR against our peoples and territories.

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