Agrarian Reform in Brazil: Prominence of the MST in the Mitigation of Social Disparities in the Countryside
Emanuel de Oliveira Andrade,
Breno Nery da Silva
Abstract:The present study aims to list the significance of agrarian reform in the current Brazilian conjuncture, in view of the plural perspective that this system presupposes linked to social movements that fight for the right to land. Among these movements, the MST emerges as a fundamental piece that paves the way for the dissolution of social injustices in the countryside, that is, this group assumes the prerogative of obtaining and dividing lands that do not fulfill the social function of the soil, thus aiming at … Show more
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