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2024 | March Newswrap: Updates from Member Organizations Worldwide
4 April 2024
March witnessed global mobilization for International Working Women’s Day, emphasizing the vital roles of peasant and indigenous women in sustaining communities and feeding the world. From Brazil to Australia, women rallied against injustice, violence, and climate crises, demanding rights, land access, and recognition for their contributions to food sovereignty and social justice.
Member Organisations of La Via Campesina (Updated 2024)
2 April 2024
Currently, La Via Campesina comprises 180* local and national organizations in…
Srilanka: MONLAR and other civil society members call out IMF’s ‘selective consultations’
1 April 2024
The signatories express discontent with the IMF’s dismissive attitude towards civil society concerns, urging for transparent and participatory decision-making processes concerning reforms, particularly in debt restructuring. They are demanding a reduction in the country’s debt burden through a fair and transparent process, including the identification and cancellation of odious debt.
The Voices of Palestinian Women
30 March 2024
Listening to the voices of Palestinian women is fundamental to understand the historical and current forms of genocide against the Palestinian people. They addressed how genocide is not simply about numbers, but an orchestrated policy. Genocide is an attack on the bases that sustain life: land, bodies, the everyday work of production and reproduction of Palestinian life.
This March 30th, the Land Day in Palestine: Stop the Genocide against Palestinians!
28 March 2024
On this March 30th, Land Day for Palestine, we issue an unequivocal demand for the immediate cessation of the Israeli-led genocide against the Palestinian people. As we mark the 48th anniversary of Eternal Land Day, we stand in solemn remembrance amid the ongoing, brutal campaign of annihilation carried out by Israeli occupation forces.
Argentina: The peasant perspective, 90 days of the Milei Government
27 March 2024
Since December 10th, day in which Javier Milei came into power of the Presidency, Argentina has been living a democratic deterioration process of the State institutions and a wide range of policies that result in an economic recession process that is suffered by the working class. 20.6% suffer from food insecurity and the consumers have paid 5.2 times more than the price paid to the producers.
La Via Campesina calls for an end to the blockade of Cuba
This unjust, illegal and exclusionary policy directly and daily affects the life, development and well-being of the Cuban population. The tightening of the blockade has caused a deficit in the capacity of electricity generation, affected the transportation and distribution of food, among many other damages.
Brazil: Declaration of La Via Campesina Brazil on the EU-Mercosur Agreement
26 March 2024
La Via Campesina Brazil has publicly expressed its total rejection of the European Union – Mercosur Agreement. This Agreement represents a setback for Brazil and the Mercosur countries in terms of socio-economic development, as well as a frontal attack on their sovereignty.
FUGEA and ECVC farmers return to Brussels in the face of inadequate European proposals that fail to address priority issues
25 March 2024
ECVC farmers will mobilise for a third time in Brussels on the 26 March demanding an adequate response to our key demands centred on fair incomes and fair prices for farmers and farm workers.
Media Urged to Spotlight the Aesthetic Splendour of Agroecology to the Public
The conference by ESAFF Uganda, held on January 25th, 2024, served as a platform for media professionals to discuss their pivotal role in advocating for sustainable food systems and safeguarding food sovereignty.
Latin America: CLOC Via Campesina issues solidarity to Cuba
24 March 2024
CLOC-Via Campesina, have learned of the events that took place in Cuba on March 17, regarding the expression of discontent of groups of citizens in the eastern part of the country, in view of the difficulties that the Cuban people are facing today, specifically related to the deficit in the capacity of electricity generation and food distribution.
Call to Action – #17April: International Day of Peasant Struggles
21 March 2024
This April 17- the International Day of Peasant Struggles brings us together to commemorate the Eldorado do Carajás massacre in 1996 and to struggle for social justice and dignity. We call on all our members, allies, and supporters to mobilize in support of the struggles of peasants against global crises.