Drawing During the Quarantine: another MST action during the fight against the coronavirus

Faced with the pandemic of the new coronavirus (COVID-19), the ways of carrying out the struggle take new forms.
In the Landless Movement, in addition to solidarity and information campaigns, support and protection for the most in need populations, art and culture also have an important role to help us through this period, when many people are in social isolation.


withdrawal of rights of the Brazilian people, in defense of the environment and national sovereignty
By Bahia Communication Collective (Coletivo de Comunicação da Bahia)
On January 25, 2019, a dam burst in the town of Brumadinho, north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The dam was built by the iron-ore company Vale to store residue after the iron ore had been extracted. Once the dam began to crumble, it did not take long for its 13 million cubic meters of iron waste to sweep down onto the workers and into their town.
The clear waters of the Paraopeba River in São Joaquim de Bicas (MG), metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte (MG), were filled with mud and changed their color. What once was crystalline now has texture and coloring similar to an oil paint: dense, viscous, brownish. The desolate scenery is aggravated by the odor of decaying fish.