La Via Campesina Official - EN

This April 17, 2026, International Day of Peasant Struggles, we mobilize to commemorate 30 years since the Eldorado do Carajás Massacre, when in 1996, 21 landless workers were killed by the Military Police in Brazil while occupying land as a legitimate action1 within the struggle for agrarian reform.

#April17 #PeasantStruggles

https://viacampesina.org/en/2026/03/april17-united-against-imperialism-neocolonialism-the-criminalization-of-our-struggles-and-the-dispossession-of-our-territories/

Morgan Ody, the general coordinator of La Via Campesina, said the lives of working people were increasingly at risk.

"Farmers, agricultural workers and small-scale fisherfolk – especially women and elderly among them – are highly vulnerable to extreme heat, which also threatens their health and lives. These extreme weather events are driven in large part by industrial monocultures and livestock systems that emit large amounts of greenhouse gases,”

#ClimateCrisis

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/world-food-systems-extreme-heat-farming-un-report

The process brings together women peasant leaders who, along with their families and organizations, strengthen their capacities in #agroecology with a gender focus, recovering ancestral knowledge and sustainable production practices. But it’s not just about producing food; it’s also a way to challenge power.

https://viacampesina.org/en/2026/04/paraguay-peasant-women-of-caaguazu-in-the-process-of-building-food-sovereignty/

As the World Trade Organization (WTO) prepares for its 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon, this March, we must confront the troubling reality of its impact on global trade. Established to facilitate free trade, the #WTO has only intensified poverty and inequality worldwide. We are calling upon all our members and allies to organize mobilizations.

#FreeTrade #FoodSovereignty

https://viacampesina.org/en/2026/03/global-call-to-mobilise-against-the-wto-and-free-trade-agreements/

“The right to land for young people means… the right to dignity. We consider land as a collective commons, the right to participate in decision-making, which allows us to shape the future of our society.”

#ICARRD20

https://viacampesina.org/en/2026/02/youth-at-icarrd20-the-struggle-for-land-water-and-life-in-the-territories/

“Using agriculture as a bargaining chip in multisectoral trade deals is not only contrary to the Strategic Dialogue’s recommendations – it is a direct affront to the farmers who are struggling to make a living, and to European food sovereignty."

https://viacampesina.org/en/2026/04/ecvc-warns-that-the-eu-australia-trade-agreement-threatens-european-food-sovereignty/

How can land and agrarian reform create safe spaces for the #LGBTQIA+ community? What does it mean to struggle for recognition and rights to land, water, seeds, forests, and territories for same-sex attracted, trans and gender non-conforming peoples living in rural areas?

#ICARRD20

@transnationalinstitute@mastodon.world

https://viacampesina.org/en/2026/02/free-bodies-free-territories-reflections-on-the-right-to-land-water-and-territories-for-gender-and-sexually-diverse-people-in-rural-contexts/

It would have been just another atrocity “within the norm,” had television cameras not been present at the scene, recording part of the police action.
#17April

https://viacampesina.org/en/2026/04/brazil-the-eldorado-do-carajas-massacre-marks-its-30th-anniversary-as-a-symbol-of-resistance-in-the-struggle-for-land/

It is time for all countries that are genuinely concerned about the well-being of their people to work towards building an alternative to the #WTO based on food sovereignty, the self-determination of peoples and international solidarity.

Since 2022, La Via Campesina has been working to build a new trade framework based on food sovereignty. We are now very proud to publicly present our proposal.

#NewTradeFrameworkNOW

https://viacampesina.org/en/2026/03/yaounde-declaration-the-wto-and-free-trade-cause-hunger-poverty-and-inequality/

The Sri Lankan government’s move to establish solar power plants in Hambantota has triggered a major backlash from peasant unions and environmental groups.
We are reproducing an appeal from @monlarsl@movimientos.social asking its allies in the international community to write to the President of Sri Lanka.

#GreenWashing #SolarFarms #JustTransition

https://viacampesina.org/en/2026/04/sri-lanka-monlar-urges-international-support-over-hambantota-green-energy-expansion-violating-peasants-and-environmental-rights/