The Landless Workers Movement (MST) – the largest peasant movement in Latin America has added a new collective that will be dedicated to and directed
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Brazilian Farmers Threatened with Eviction During Global Pandemic
Saulo Araujo
As of today, Brazil has over 900,000 confirmed cases of COVID and it is now projected to have the highest number of deaths, passing the
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Perspectives: The Fight for Food Sovereignty in Zimbabwe
Saulo Araujo
by Saulo Araujo & Joao Fonseca As part of the blog series “Perspectives”, WhyHunger staff interviewed Ndabezinhle Nyoni and
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From the Land: Peasants Have the Real Solutions to Hunger and Climate Change
Saulo Araujo
In 2005, Paraguai, Jesuita, Jose and Kilma made one of their biggest decisions of their lives. They joined other landless families in the occupation of
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An International Agribusiness Show in the US National Congress
Saulo Araujo
By Saulo Araujo and Betty Fermin, WhyHunger The US Congress’s Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee held the hearing “Climate Change and the Agriculture Sector”
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Perspectives: The Present-Day Situation in Venezuela Through the Voice of the Peasants
Saulo Araujo
Last month, WhyHunger interviewed Kevin Rangel from the National Peasant Front Ezequiel Zamora, member of our ally global movement La Via Campesina International. The National
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One Month After The Dam Collapse: An Update From Brazil
Saulo Araujo
This story is an update from our original coverage, which can be found here. The collapse of a dam with mining waste in Brumadinho, Minas
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Reconstructing Puerto Rico Farmer-to-Farmer, Community-to-Community
Saulo Araujo
Lire ci-dessous en français A house without a roof and trees without leaves were what the eyes could see. The few belongings and years of
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Energy for What and for Whom?
Saulo Araujo
It was a Sunday morning and the idea was to visit the Itaparica Dam with my auntie Tania. Her husband, my uncle Fernando, worked as
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Like A River: Berta Gives Us Life
Saulo Araujo
Reflection from WhyHunger’s Saulo Araujo Early today, March 3rd, armed men killed Berta Cárceres. They swarmed her home and assassinated her. One more woman activist
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