Brazil, State of Pará: 20 thousand peasants threatened to be evicted

At present, more than 4732 families in the south and southeast of the state of Pará are threatened with eviction. As yet, 140 families have already been expulsed from their houses. In total, an estimated number of 20 thousand people could be evicted from their lands in a soon future in the municipalities of Marabá, Rondon do Pará, São João Araguaia, Itupiranga, Paraupebas, Curionópolis, Abel Figueiredo, Eldorado de Carajás, Canaã de Carajás, Tucuruí and Breu Branco.

Because of the current violence, harassments and consequent violations of the human rights, the different entities of the Forum Nacional de Reforma Agraria decided to launch a campaign at both the national and international level. It is extremely important to push the Brazilian authorities to take urgent measures in order to respect, protect and guarantee the rural workers´ rights and to push them to implement an agrarian reform in Brazil. Please, send this letter to Juez Titular de la Vara Agraria from the Marabá Líbio Araújo Moura as soon as posible, with a copy to the Governour of the state of Pará, Simão Jatene. Please, do also inform the commission Pastoral de la Tierra (CPT) of Marabá.