Attacks on MST

The landless families living in the area have been attacked by land grabbers and have had their houses burned down.

The attack on the Olga Benário settlement on January 10 killed two people and injured six.

João Pedro Stedile, member of the MST’s national leadership, said the parliamentary commission of inquiry that has been set up to look into the movement, is an effort by right-wing legislators to destabilize the Lula government and deter agrarian reform