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Marielle's seeds blossom in the struggle for land in MST encampments

5 years after the murder of the councilwoman in Rio de Janeiro, her legacy of struggle inspires landless camps in the fight for Agrarian Reform

The history of struggle and resistance built by the trajectory of bravery and responsibility for popular causes makes Marielle Franco eternal. In the countryside, her steps continue to vibrate with the same force that inspires male and female fighters in the four corners of the country: since her physical departure, Marielle has been honored with Landless Encampments that reaffirm the struggle for land at the center of the issues facing Brazil today.

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Since Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office as President, Brazil has been experiencing a new stage that is as rich and challenging as it is complex. How to ensure that the mistakes made by the Workers' Party in its previous administrations are not repeated? How can this new political moment strengthen the social movements of this South American giant? Central issues of this dialogue with peasant leader João Paulo Rodrigues, who at just 43 years old is already a prominent member of the national leadership of the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST), one of the most important actors on the Latin American continent. Rodrigues played a central role in the pre-election process by representing the MST and social movements in coordinating Lula's presidential campaign.

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