Eviction San Marco, 28-10-08With the start of the new soy season, tension and conflicts are increasing in Paraguay. In the new political context, social movements are increasing pressure for what they have been fighting for, especially land reform and food sovereignty. Changes are visible, such as the change in the direction of the national land reform institute, INDERT. Nevertheless repression of the campesino movement continues, as recent events like the violent evictions of land occupations and the assassination of campesino leader Bienvenido Melgarejo on October 4th prove.
An international team of LaSojaMata is currently filming and documenting various events, reflecting this new political conjuncture and the seize of conflicts in Paraguay. A series of video reports is being produced, which are listed below and are added continuously with new testimonies on fumigations .
United Soy Republics
Refugees of the agro-export model