Lula da Silva begins third term as Brazil’s president
Immediately after taking power, Brazilian President Lula da Silva announced a series of measures focusing on tackling poverty and reversing the anti-people policies of Jair Bolsonaro
Eradication of poverty and hunger key priorities for Lula government
In his first speech as president, Lula spoke about plans for his government and announced the repeal of the arms decree
500,000 people at risk of eviction in Brazil as Supreme Court moratorium nears end
The Zero Evictions Campaign has warned that 142,000 families might lose their homes if the STF-issued injunction against evictions is allowed to expire on June 30.
The MST has donated more than six thousand tons of food during the pandemic to fight hunger
Just during the Christmas Without Hunger campaign, the MST distributed food donations to 250,000 people in 24 Brazilian states
As poverty worsens in Brazil, movements demand action
In the last two years, the number of hungry in Brazil has risen from 10.3 million to 19.1 million, according to the National Survey on Food Insecurity.
Activists slam state “necropolitics” as Ecuador prison riot kills 68 and other stories
Today we look at the wave of prison massacres in Ecuador, a report on the cover-up of a major 2019 U.S. airstrike on Syria, and more
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