Brazil, spoke at the inaugural ceremony to launch the Programme for Land Tenure Legalization on Public Land in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. This was a landmark event in São Paulo history -after 30 years of organized struggle, tenure in 160 illegal settlements was being legalized, and evictions were being halted. Below are extracts from his speech and also from the speeches of community organizers, staff from municipal and federal government and the Mayor of São Paulo.
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