Fallen Banker with Ties to Citigroup Involved in Shooting of Brazilian Landless Workers
May 25, 2009
On April 18, seven members of the Brazilian Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) were shot by private security guards on a farm in the Amazon […]
Author: kenfield
Gran asalto de biotecnología en Brasil
May 27, 2008
La decisión del gobierno brasileño de legalizar la comercialización del maíz genéticamente modificado (GM) de Monsanto, YieldGard®, en febrero, fue el más reciente asalto […]
Expansion of Biotechnology in Brazil Augments Rural Conflicts
March 13, 2008
On March 7th—International Women’s Day—dozens of Brazilian women occupied a research site of the U.S.-based agricultural biotechnology giant Monsanto in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, destroying the greenhouse and experimental plots of genetically-modified (GM) corn. Participants, members of the international farmers’ organization La Vía Campesina, stated in a note that the act was to protest the Brazilian government’s decision in February to legalize Monsanto’s GM Guardian® corn, which came just weeks after the French government prohibited the corn due to environment and human health risks.
Como o Brasil Busca Abastecer o Mundo com Álcool Combustível Aumentam a Pobreza Rural, Destruição do Meio Ambiente e Conflitos Agrários
March 8, 2007
No dia 22 de janeiro a administração do Presidente Lula anunciou que vai aumentar os fundos federais para a indústria sucro-alcooleira em US$6 bilhões […]
Brazil’s Ethanol Plan Breeds Rural Poverty, Environmental Degradation
March 6, 2007
On Jan. 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 […]