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June 2019
VII CLOC Congress – Via Campesina
25 -30 June 2019 The VII Continental Congress of CLOC - LVC will be held from 25 to 30 June 2019 in Havana, Cuba. This big peasant meeting will take place within the framework of 60 years of the signing of the first Agrarian Reform Law signed by Fidel Castro Ruz, which has allowed, in the midst of a brutal economic blockade, the people transit to a Food Sovereignty based on Agroecology. About 450 delegates, leaders of 85 peasant organizations,…
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September 10 | International Day Against WTO and Free Trade Agreements
On the 10th of September 2003, while protesting outside the WTO ministerial in Cancun, Mexico, farmer Lee Kyung Hae sacrificed his life by stabbing himself. That tragic incident exposed the destructive effects of WTO on the lives of millions of peasants globally. In memory of farmer Lee and the continuing struggles of peasants in resisting the neo-liberal agenda of WTO, La Via Campesina marks September 10 as the International Day Against WTO and Free Trade Agreements. 5 REASONS WHY WTO…
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