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FOR YOUR ACTION – BRAZIL
For Action Alerts from the ELCA Washington Office, see
link at:
http://www.elca.org/advocacy/issues/latinamerica/#colombia
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
Brazil has been one of the most critical of the nations in Latin America of
United States efforts to consolidate all nations in the Hemisphere into free
trade agreements. As one of the Mercosur nations which include Argentina,
Uruguay and Paraguay, Brazil has promoted a Mercosur approach to negotiations on
free trade agreements with the United States. This has led the US to demand
stiffer terms from Brazil.
For more information on free trade, see:
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/ftaa/index.html
For information on North American church’s views on trade agreements, see the
Declaration made by members of Church World Service at:
http://www.churchworldservice.org/pdf_files/trade/Declaration-JustTradeAgreements.pdf
For actions you can support, see:
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/ftaa/actnow.html
LANDLESS PEASANT MOVEMENT
The Brazilian Landless Workers Movement is one of the largest social
movements in Latin America and one of the most successful grassroots movements
in the world. Hundreds of thousands of landless peasants have taken onto
themselves the task of carrying out a long-overdue land reform in a country
where less than 3% of the population owns two-thirds of Brazil's arable land.
While 60% of Brazil's farmland lies idle, 25 million peasants struggle to
survive by working in temporary agricultural jobs. The Landless Workers'
Movement (MST) is a response to these inequalities. The movement has been
successful in getting land into the hands of farmers.
For information and actions to support this movement, see:
http://www.mstbrazil.org
For information on contacting congress, sign up for e-advocacy at: http://www.elca.org/advocacy
or activist tools at:
http://www.lawg.org
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