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BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT HONOURS LA VIA CAMPESINA
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On Monday, May 27, 2025, at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasília, the
Brazilian government, represented by the Vice President and the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, presented La Via Campesina with the Order of Rio
Branco--one of the nation's highest honors in diplomacy.
This recognition not only distinguishes a trajectory: it is a cry of
affirmation for those who struggle, sow, resist, and dream. It is the
institutional echo of the peasant struggle as an unstoppable force that
transforms the world.
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IT'S OFFICIAL! CARTAGENA TO HOST THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
AGRARIAN REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (ICARRD+20)
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ASIA: CONFERENCE ON AGROECOLOGY AND SEEDS
BRIEF REPORT [5]
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SUMOUD CONVOY— A POWERFUL ACT OF GRASSROOTS INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
The overland "Steadfastness" Convoy to break the siege on Gaza travelled
from Tunisia on the morning of Monday, June 9, 2025, under the slogan:
"The chains must be broken." The convoy travelled through Tunisia,
Libya, and intended to cross over to Egypt, with the goal of reaching
the Rafah crossing. But it was stopped in eastern Libya by the
authorities in Benghazi, near Sirte, preventing it from continuing its
journey to Rafah. This obstruction, coupled with the systematic
repression by Egyptian authorities -- who have officially declared that
the convoy will not be allowed to cross into Gaza -- reflects a
deliberate attempt to stifle solidarity.
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LA VIA CAMPESINA AT THE SB62 IN BONN: PEASANT AGROECOLOGY VS. CLIMATE
COMMODIFICATION
Peasant movements like La Via Campesina have upheld a clear position in
these spaces: "Grants, not loans"--a principle that affirms that climate
finance should not be an additional burden but rather unconditional
reparation for the historic injustice and ecological debt of the Global
North to the peoples of the South.
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INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
BUILDING BACK PEOPLE POWER. HELP MAKE IT HAPPEN! – 3RD NYELENI GLOBAL
FORUM | CROWDFUNDING APPEAL
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The Global Nyéléni Forum will gather over 500 participants, including
small-scale food producers, civil society organizations, and activists
from 80+ countries. It will be a pivotal moment for grassroots movements
to meet, exchange knowledge, practices, and strategies, and consolidate
a common political action agenda that lays out a pathway towards a
radical change of the system, from the bottom up.
To make this possible, we must ensure everyone is able to participate
and express themselves freely. Language justice is key to building a
truly global movement. Your support can help us ensure simultaneous
interpretation 17+ is fully provided for, allowing for an inclusive and
enabling environment.
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GLOBAL MOBILIZATION
DIVERSITY OF PEOPLES AND BIODIVERSITY: A SHARED STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
There is no Food Sovereignty without biodiversity, and no biodiversity
without respect for human diversity. In our seeds, knowledge, crops, and
ways of life, diversity is the principle that sustains life against
monoculture, agribusiness, and capitalist destruction.
Just as we defend the free circulation and protection of our native
seeds, we also defend the right of our bodies--seeds of our
identities--to bloom in freedom.
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FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
MAKING SENSE OF TARIFFS – A BRIEFING NOTE BY LA VIA CAMPESINA
Caught between a hysterical neoliberal narrative that vilifies tariffs
and a U.S. administration that weaponizes them as tools of imperial
foreign policy, this briefing note seeks to clarify La Via Campesina's
position on the issue. Intended for internal training within La Via
Campesina, this note compiles various arguments in support of using
tariffs and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) to protect small-scale food
producers and to promote food sovereignty and economic
self-determination.
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NYÉLÉNI NEWSLETTER: RESISTING THE THREAT OF GLOBAL FINANCE, BUILDING
FOOD SOVEREIGNTY
At a recent dialogue hosted by the Committee on World Food Security, the
Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples' Mechanism emphatically noted that
there can be no food sovereignty without financial sovereignty! This
edition of the Nyeleni newsletter delves into some of the salient issues
related to this and proposals for a push-back.
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FEATURED PRODUCTIONS
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_What's going on in Panama?_
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In Panama, after the massive mobilizations of the last weeks throughout
the country, the Government has resorted to the narrative of conspiracy
against the democratic order, with the aim of discrediting the protests,
minimizing the rejection of Law 462, justifying the excessive repression
and the violation of human rights and the Political Constitution. On May
23, social organizations, unions and civil society carried out a
multi-sectoral march to the Government headquarters; however, the
President, Raul Mulino refused to receive them. On the contrary, a high
contingent of national police and riot units refused to receive the list
of demands and proposals that would allow a prompt and peaceful solution
to the social and political crisis in the country. La Via Campesina
called for solidarity and demanded a stop to the repression and
criminalization of legitimate protest for rights.
Your donations help us remain autonomous!
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committed to the vision of food sovereignty. Your support allows the
global movement to remain autonomous and independent of all influences,
and to voice our grassroots proposals and demonstrate our agroecological
practices in international and national policy-making spaces. We believe
that the transformation of our society into a more inclusive and
equitable one requires the collective efforts of all who firmly believe
in the ideas of social justice and equity.
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