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Friday, 24 October 2008 02:12 |
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Maputo, Mozambique, October 19-22, 2008
Food Sovereignty now! Unity and struggle of the people!
We are men and women of the earth, we are those who produce food for the world. We have the right to continue being peasants and family farmers, and to shoulder the responsibility of continuing to feed our peoples. We care for seeds, which are life, and for us the act of producing food is an act of love. Humanity depends on us, and we refuse to disappear.
We, La Via Campesina, are a worldwide movement of rural women, peasants and family farmers, farm workers, indigenous peoples, rural youth and afro-descendents from Asia, Europe, America and Africa, gathered together in Maputo, Mozambique from October 19 to 22, 2008, for our V International Conference. We were received in a warm and fraternal fashion by our hosts, the National Union of Peasants (União Nacional de Camponeses/UNAC) of Mozambique. |
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Tuesday, 31 March 2009 11:51 |
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La Via Campesina - South East Asia and East Asia held it’s second youth assembly in Dili, Timor Leste on March 25-29, 2009. Youth leaders from Thailand, Indonesia, Philippine, South Korea, Japan, Australia and Timor Leste shared and discussed the youth situation and the role of youth in the country and our commitment to struggle for food sovereignty.
The youth spent a few days in Timor Leste where they lived and learnt from the community of Uma Kaduak village, district of Manatutu. There we Shared the local food, culture, and planted trees together for their future.
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Saturday, 22 November 2008 02:04 |
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The daughter of the Korean farmer sacrificed in Cancun
Good evening, I am Jihye Lee Let me begin with my gratitude for giving me this honorable opportunity to speak to you. It’s a great honor for me to speak to a lot of peasant movement’s leaders. I’m grateful to you for inviting me with a humble heart because I’m still young an inexperienced compared to you. So I’m a little bit nervous and shy to think that I’m in front of you, who deserve to be respected. |
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Wednesday, 08 April 2009 18:52 |
Common press release European Coordination Via Campesina and La Via Campesina Central America (8th of April 2009) With Nicaragua leaving the negotiation table, the 7th round of negotiations between the EU and Central America has been suspended. With this, the aggressive policies of he EU have been brought to a halt for the time being.
European Coordination Via Campesina congratulates the organisations of Via Campesina in Central America and other organisations from civil society for their consistent opposition to these negotiations and their successful resistance. |
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