00:00One of the major challenges facing the next government in Brazil is a gradient reform,
00:05a fundamental policy that guarantees land, work, housing and food for farmers and society as a whole.
00:12Recurrespondent André Vieira traveled to the interior of Alagoas in northeast Brazil
00:17to tell us a story of resistance and also victory. Let's see.
00:26Maria does the final preparations. It is a day of victory for the more than 100 families
00:31at the Che Guevara camp, part of the Alagoas movement of landless rural workers.
00:37After 14 years of occupation, facing everything from eviction threats to flooding,
00:42they will move to a permanent settlement.
00:47We fought hard, we did a lot of collective work, we had many meetings,
00:51we paid our fees on time and we kept all our affairs up to date.
00:54So we went and slept in public squares, we went to the protests, everywhere.
00:58And everything went well, everything went perfectly. That's why we won.
01:04During Jair Bolsonaro's administration, agrarian reform was dismantled,
01:10with a policy focused on the distribution of land titles.
01:14But without allocating any public land to new settlements, for example.
01:19With the return of Lula da Silva for his third term,
01:2259,000 families were settled in new areas between 2023 and August 2026.
01:28However, 45,000 families are still living in tents in Brazil,
01:32although farmers' movements estimate the number to be 200,000.
01:36Marlene began working at age five and faced hunger.
01:40Currently, despite still waiting for her settlement, she lives off what she grows.
01:44A pesar de seguir esperando su asentamiento, vive de lo que planta.
01:52I lived at my father's house, there are 32 of us siblings, and life was very difficult.
01:56I ate a lot of green plantains, I peeled a lot of green plantains,
02:00and now, thank God, I have everything I want to eat.
02:06In 2012, after going bankrupt, three sugarcane mills were occupied by 5,000 families
02:13from various farmers' movements who transformed a former large estate
02:18which had destroyed the soil through crop commodities
02:20into a place that produces healthy food and respects nature.
02:24But there is still a long way to go, as nearly 95% of the families who occupied this large
02:30estate
02:30more than a decade ago, are still living in tents, waiting for a resolution.
02:35Espera de una resolución.
02:38I planted everything you see here, because this place used to be all sugarcane.
02:43There's a banana plantation here, 15 mango trees, all in bloom.
02:46They've already produced many mangoes.
02:48There are about 13 cashew trees, all of which are also giving fruit and in bloom.
02:56According to the latest census, 25.6 million Brazilians lived in rural areas in 2022,
03:03accounting for 12.6% of the population.
03:06Compared to 2010, the rural areas lost 4 million people.
03:11Agrarian reform is a direct measure to combat rural exodus.
03:14If the countryside doesn't grow food, the city will starve.
03:18Muerre de hambre.
03:20Cities are overcrowded.
03:22They can no longer accommodate more people.
03:25We are seeing climate change, and the upcoming El Niño itself, as yet another factor exacerbating
03:30these climate changes.
03:31And it is not only those in rural areas who are affected by this.
03:35Everyone?
03:35Everyone feels the heat.
03:37Everyone feels the rise in food prices when there is no regular rain.
03:42The new chapter is now beginning for the farmers of the future, Che Guevara settlement.
03:47A struggle for them, but one that can also save all of humanity through healthy food and caring
03:53for the earth.
03:54Andre Vieira and Sebastian.
03:56Fulctur.
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