Since its beginnings, the MTS has fought for agrarian reform and social equality for all peasants in the country. teleSUR
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00:00 The Landless Workers' Movement, or BRASIL, or MST, is one of the largest social movements
00:05 in the continent.
00:06 For 40 years, it has been fighting for the implementation of agrarian reforms and public
00:11 policies to meet the concrete needs of the landless families suffering from the concentration
00:16 of private property.
00:18 In its camps, cooperatives and schools, the movement manages the economic, social and
00:22 cultural life of the peasants and contributes to the production of healthy food for the
00:27 Brazilian and Latin American people through its links with other social movements in the
00:31 world.
00:32 The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry, the CPI, and MST is a process of investigation
00:38 carried out by the legislative branch at the request of parliamentarians of the Bolsonarist
00:42 extreme right of the social movement without specific reason.
00:47 In this way, the sector linked to agribusiness and landowners seeks to criminalize the social
00:51 struggle for agrarian reform and in defense of the environment.