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Headlines : InternationalBrazil's poor are cut down after a 150-mile protest march
More than 50 people were injured when mounted riot police charged demonstrators at the end of a gruelling 150-mile march on Tuesday to pressure the left-wing Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, to meet land reform promises. MST leaders stated after meeting Lula that he agreed to free nearly half the land-reform spending frozen in 2005, about 700 million reais (£155m), and hire 1,300 land reform agents to speed settlement of families. Since Lula’s Workers Party moved from its leftist roots the MST has lost its most powerful political backer. MST leaders showed no sign of easing up on farm invasions, which worry foreign investors and can cause political headaches for Lula as the opposition accuses him of being soft on “crime”. The MST invades ranches to press the government to purchase and resettle unused land.
[Posted By euroforex]Republished from The Independent Online
A 17-day protest march by 12,000 landless Brazilian peasants ended in violence as activists fought police and demanded faster government land resettlement to cut rural poverty.
More than 50 people were injured when mounted riot police charged demonstrators at the end of a gruelling 150-mile march on Tuesday to pressure the left-wing Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, to meet land reform promises. But leaders of the Landless Workers Movement (MST) met Mr Da Silva, known widely as Lula, and said they reached a deal to boost reform spending. Government officials denied any accord.
More than 30 MST activists and 20 paramilitary police suffered bruises and broken bones after protesters tried to cross a police line at Congress. The mounted officers made repeated baton charges in the worst protest violence in Brasilia in years. “They just came at us without provocation,” said Gabriel Silveira, an MST activist, as he staggered on the grass before Congress, complaining of a blow to his shoulder by police.
Police Major Nevitton Pereira Junior said two officers could lose their sight after being speared in the face by bamboo poles. He showed welts where he said he had been beaten.
MST leaders have threatened to increase the pace…
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