Brazil

Cosan e fundo de pensão dos EUA compraram terras de acusados de grilagem no Brasil
- Pública
- 22 May 2023
Documentos revelam sociedade entre TIAA e Cosan para comprar terrenos e evitar leis que limitam compras a estrangeiros
Palma aceitera y conservación: aliadas en la expulsión de comunidades en la Amazonía brasileña
- Avispa Midia
- 22 May 2023
La justicia brasileña canceló los registros de dos propiedades de la mayor productora de aceite de palma sostenible de las Américas, la empresa Agropalma, en el estado de Pará, epicentro del monocultivo de palma aceitera en Brasil, por ser tierras usurpadas.
Indigenous chief shot in head in Brazil’s ‘palm oil war’ region; crisis group launched
- Mongabay
- 16 May 2023
A prominent Indigenous leader was shot in the Brazilian Amazon, intensifying the cry for justice in a region where violence against land activists keeps systematically soaring without punishment.
Open letter: Against the “sustainable” destruction of the rainforest and the people who live in it
- Mondiaal Nieuws
- 13 May 2023
A call against land grabbing and exploitation and for democracy, fair land distribution and an ecology of radical care.
Justiça bloqueia fazendas da elite do agronegócio por suspeita de grilagem na Bahia
- Brazil 247
- 10 May 2023
Decisão impede 19 fazendas de desmatarem num “dos casos mais graves de grilagem registrado” no Estado, segundo PGE
Rising melon exports create tensions over water in Brazil
- Diálogo Chino
- 10 May 2023
Big producers eye growth and China market, but must drill for water – to depths small farmers cannot reach.
Family builds $900 million Brazil farming empire after 935% gain
- Bloomberg
- 10 May 2023
The Logemanns’ SLC Agricola controls 1.7 million acres of planted land in Brazil and counts London hedge fund manager Crispin Odey as its biggest private shareholder.
German doctors' pension fund sells stake in highly problematic land fund
- FIAN
- 10 May 2023
After ten years, the Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe (ÄVWL) has withdrawn from highly problematic land purchases in Brazil through is investments in TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture LLC.
Landgrabbing: Ärztekasse veräußert Beteiligung an hochproblematischem Fonds
- FIAN Deutschland
- 10 May 2023
Die Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe (ÄVWL) hat sich nach zehn Jahren aus hochproblematischen Landkäufen in Brasilien zurückgezogen
Ignoring warnings signs, US retirement manager TIAA bought farms from alleged land grabbers with Brazilian sugar giant
- OCCRP
- 02 May 2023
TIAA has always insisted that its joint ventures with Brazilian sugar company Cosan invest responsibly. But leaked documents show they ignored a litany of red flags when buying farms in a region long known for land grabbing.
La Cámara de Diputados brasileña investigará al Movimiento de los trabajadores sin tierra
- El Observador
- 01 May 2023
En la Cámara de Diputados brasileña, hegemonizada por la oposición al presidente Lula da Silva, se creó una Comisión Parlamentaria de Investigación para investigar las ocupaciones de tierras supuestamente promovidas y dirigidas por el Movimiento de los trabajadores rurales sin tierra (MST).
Cadastre disaster
- Brown Political Review
- 25 April 2023
Mega-agribusiness corporations are using digital land registries as well as georeferencing technologies to deceitfully obtain property deeds that deprive Indigenous communities of their lands.