Lílian de Macedo
Repórter da Agência Brasil

Brasília – Yesterday the Landless Rural Worker Movement (Movimento Sem Terra) (MST) kicked off what it calls a National Struggle Movement with the invasion and occupation of 21 buildings housing the Land Reform Institute (Incra), six unproductive farms and eight branches of the Banco do Brasil in the state of São Paulo, along with seven toll booths on highways in the state of Paraná. The MST says the invasions and occupations will continue for an indefinite period of time.

It is estimated tha 14,000 MST members took part in the invasions.

Translator: Allen Bennett