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Brazil Indian leader killed in land dispute-Church
09 Jul 2007 18:51:26 GMT
Source: Reuters
BRASILIA, July 9 (Reuters) - An Indian tribal leader fighting for land rights in southwestern Brazil was shot dead by a gunman who his wife said was acting on behalf of local ranchers, a Roman Catholic church watchdog said on Monday....
The biofuel myths
By Eric Holt-Giménez
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
The term "biofuels" suggests renewable abundance: clean, green, sustainable assurance about technology and progress. This pure image allows industry, politicians, the World Bank, the United Nations and even the International Panel...
The MST's National School Florestan Fernandes, or in Portuguese, Escola Nacional Florestan Fernandes (ENFF) - ...
Friends of the MST (FMST) delegates to the MST's 5th National Congress have compiled a series of photos to share with the Solidarity Movement. You are fully authorized to utilize these photos for educational purposes ONLY, and you require no further permission to do so. We ask that any/all use of these images be accompanied by an FMST citation...
Biofuel demand to push up food prices
John Vidal
Thursday July 5, 2007
The Guardian
Food prices will rise in the next 10 years as nearly twice as much sugar cane, maize and oilseed rape is grown to fuel cars, and people in rapidly developing countries adopt meat-based diets, says the UN in its annual assessment of...
Brazil stages raid against debt slavery at Amazon sugar cane-ethanol plantation
The Associated Press
Published: July 3, 2007
BRASILIA, Brazil: Brazilian authorities said they raided an Amazon plantation where more than 1,000 laborers were found working 14 hour days in horrendous conditions cutting sugar cane for ethanol...
Protesters invade work site in attempt to stop Brazil river project
The Associated Press
Published: June 27, 2007
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: Hundreds of protesters have invaded the site where army engineers are beginning work on a huge river-diversion project meant to irrigate Brazil's arid northeast, officials said Wednesday....
Brazil irrigation project hit by occupation
27 Jun 2007 20:51:26 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Raymond Colitt
BRASILIA, June 27 (Reuters) - Close to 1,500 Indians and landless peasants have occupied one construction site in Brazil's largest irrigation project and halted work there, activists said on Wednesday.
It is...
Biofuels: The Five Myths of the Agro-fuels Transition
Eric Holt-Gimenez
Biofuels. The term invokes a life-giving image of renewability and abundance—a clean, green, sustainable assurance in technology and the power of progress. This image allows industry, politicians, the World Bank, the United Nations, and even the...
Dear Friends of the MST,
Two years of study and discussions led up to the 5th National Congress. For five days during the Congress, we studied the situation in agriculture, the political situation, and the challenges of the Brazilian people to build a sovereign, just nation. There was also time to strengthen ourselves through the...