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The Myth of Biofuels
Tuesday, 13 March 2007
Edivan Pinto - Marluce Melo - Maria Luisa Mendonça*
Recent studies about the impacts caused by fossil fuels contributed in highlighting the theme of bioenergy . The energy matrix is composed of petroleum (35%), coal (23%) and natural gas (21%).On their own, the ten richest countries...
SPECIAL REPORT BRAZIL
Brazil's ethanol slaves: 200,000 migrant sugar cutters who prop up renewable energy boom
Tom Phillips in Palmares Paulista
Friday March 9, 2007
The Guardian
Behind rusty gates, the heart of Brazil's energy revolution can be found in the stale air of a squalid red-brick tenement building....
Brazilians Protest Upcoming Bush Visit
By STAN LEHMAN
The Associated Press
Wednesday, March 7, 2007; 5:34 PM
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SEE ALSO:
(1) "Reuters Reports: Brazil Peasants Stage Protests Ahead of Bush Visit"
@ http://www....
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 7 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Brazilian peasants briefly occupied an iron ore
mine on Wednesday and invaded a sugar mill in the latest of several protests ahead of U.S.
President George W. Bush's visit to the country.
A spokeswoman for the Via Campesina (Peasant Way) group said over 500 female activists had...
Brazil's Ethanol Plan Breeds Rural Poverty, Environmental Degradation
Written by Isabella Kenfield
Wednesday, 07 March 2007
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On January 22 the Lula administration announced it will increase federal funding for Brazil's sugar-based ethanol industry by almost US$ 6 billion over the next four years. One day later, U.S....
Via Campesina women protest against a Cargill ethanol plant in São Paulo
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This morning, more than 900 women from Via Campesina occupied the Cevasa sugarmill in the region of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo state. Cevasa is the largest sugarcane company in Brazil, and was recently sold to Cargill, one of the largest agricultural...
Full Tanks at the Cost of Empty Stomachs: The Expansion of the Sugarcane Industry in Latin America
We, representatives of organizations and social movements of Brasil, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Colombia, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic, gathered at a forum on the expansion of the sugarcane industry in Latin America, declare that:
...Protests and Toughest Security Scheme Ever Await Bush in Brazil
Written by Elma Lia Nascimento
Tuesday, 06 March 2007
@ http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/7988/54/
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Brazilian social movements and workers unions are vowing to bring thousands of...
Porto Alegre, March 6th 2007
Via Campesina Brazil occupy large green desert land holdings in Rio Grande do Sul
Approximately 1,300 women from Via Campesina, who are mostly organized by the Landless Movement - MST, held four land occupations in Rio Grande do Sul this morning. Those actions are part of a series of National Struggles...
We of the movements that make up La Via Campesina are joining the groups allied with the indigenous struggles to gather signatures in a petition for the Demarcation of Tupinikim and Guarani indigenous lands that are owned by the Aracruz Cellulose company in Espírito Santo. The goal of the MST is to collect 100,000 signatures of workers...