Landless workers block highways
Four sections of highways in Alagoas are closed due to protests by landless rural workers: BR-101 in the municipalities of Atalaia and Joaquim Gomes, BR-316 in Murici, and AL-101 Norte in Porto Calvo. The action is coordinated by women workers linked to the Landless Liberation Movement (MLST). They are demanding the suspension of eviction orders, guarantees and expansion of education in encampment and settlement areas, and the allocation of land from bankrupt sugar mills and a former state bank for agrarian reform.
Alagoas247 - Landless rural workers blocked four sections of highways in Alagoas this Tuesday (10). Parts of the BR-101 are closed, in the municipalities of Atalaia and Joaquim Gomes, the BR-316, in Murici, and the AL-101 Norte, in Porto Calvo. The protesters have already informed that there is no forecast for releasing the roads.
Both lanes are blocked by fire, tree branches, and tires, compromising access to Maceió. Federal Highway Police (PRF) teams are attempting to reach the locations.
The blockades are coordinated by rural women workers linked to the Landless Liberation Movement (MLST), who are demanding the suspension of eviction orders, guarantees and expansion of education in encampment and settlement areas, and the allocation of land from bankrupt sugar mills and the former Produban for agrarian reform purposes.
"From one moment to the next, eviction orders started arriving. Everything was well planned and orchestrated by the State Government and executed by the substitute judge of the Agrarian Court, who, as soon as the incumbent went on vacation, started wielding his pen and wanting to evict the families," highlighted the national leader of the MLST, Maria Lúcia.
The mobilization is part of the State Struggle Day in Defense of Agrarian Reform, which began on Sunday (8) with the occupation of the Ministry of Agriculture building in Alagoas, by rural workers linked to the MST. They also led the actions in the Sertão.
With gazetaweb.com and press office