00:00The Brazilian Landless Workers Movement, MST, closed its 14th National Congress with the participation of Brazilian President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva.
00:10The president praised the existence of the social movement, MST, now celebrating its 42 years, highlighting its willingness to fight for social justice and against the harmful agribusiness.
00:23At his speech during the closing event, Lula slammed the U.S. military attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady and Deputy Celia Flores, stressing that Latin America is a zone of peace.
00:36The MST, the largest social movement in the continent, has been for decades a strong actor in defense of solidarity among the peoples of the Global South, regional sovereignty and fair access to land.
00:53Honestly, every night I'm abridged by what happened in Venezuela. I can't believe it. Maduro knew there were 15,000 U.S. soldiers in the Caribbean Sea. They knew there were threats every day. There were threats every day.
01:09I mean, the guys enter Venezuela at night, break into Nicolás Maduro's barracks and take Maduro away, and no one knew that Maduro was gone.
01:27I mean, it's not possible. It's a lack of respect for the territorial integrity of a country that doesn't exist in South America.
01:33South America is a territory of peace. We don't want, we don't have nuclear weapons, we don't have atomic bombs, we only have poor people who want to work, who want to live, who want to eat, who want to have lunch, who want to have dinner, who want to study.
01:59We don't want war. What we have to show you is our character and our dignity.
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