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Weekly Report - 15 October 2009 (WR-09-41)
BRAZIL: MST puts agrarian minister under spotlight
Damages caused to a productive farm invaded by landless peasants from
the Movimento dos Sem Terra (MST) in the state of São Paulo put the agrarian
development minister, Guilherme Cassel, in the hot seat only days after the
government manoeuvred to prevent the launching of a parliamentary enquiry into
illegal disbursements to the MST. Significantly, the invasion led to criticism
of the minister's proposals to change the so-called land productivity index,
which serves as a measurement for government seizure of private-owned farms for
distribution to landless peasants.
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