La Via Campesina : International Peasant Movement

During the military dictatorships, Mejía faced political persecution because of her trade-union and organizational activities. She died on August 29, 2026, at the age of 77.

The post Bolivia: The National Federation of Indigenous Women (Bartolina Sisa) remembers the life and legacy of Lucila Mejía Soto appeared first on La Via Campesina - EN.

Relief materials have been distributed in Kalika Rural Municipality of Rasuwa, and support has also been extended to the families of the deceased and the missing.

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The drought hits hardest peasant farmers practicing subsistence agriculture who were forced onto marginal lands after being stripped of their ancestral territories.

The post Guatemala: Drought, Hunger, Dispossession, and an Unfulfilled Agrarian Agreement appeared first on La Via Campesina - EN.

Without a dedicated Special Procedure, implementation of UNDROP risks becoming fragmented and inconsistent.

The post Geneva: Peasant Voices at the United Nations Continue Defending the Right to Seeds appeared first on La Via Campesina - EN.

"The National Land Agency, cannot become an institution that renders invisible the main subject of agrarian policy: the Colombian peasantry.", says FENSUAGRO

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Renewing the mandate is not simply about maintaining a UN mechanism but ensuring that the voices, rights and struggles of peasants remain visible and recognised.

The post LVC Calls on the UN Human Rights Council to Renew the Mandate of the Working Group of Experts on UNDROP appeared first on La Via Campesina - EN.

Imports from the occupied Palestinian territories, which are not covered by the EU-Israel agreement, have entered the European market incorrectly labelled as Israeli products. This constitutes a fraud.

The post Europe: ECVC calls on the EU and all European countries to suspend imports from the Occupied Palestinian Territory appeared first on La Via Campesina - EN.

For several decades, IMF's financing has often been conditional on adjustment measures and economic reforms that profoundly transforms the way a country produces, trades and consumes its food.

The post Briefing Note: Trade Liberalization in the Carebbian Region and IMF Impacts in Haiti and the Dominican Republic appeared first on La Via Campesina - EN.

The LVC Arab regional meeting in Tunisia places ecological agriculture at the heart of a political struggle over who decides the future of food.

The post LVC Arab Regional Meeting: Sovereignty Over Land, Water, and Seeds Before Increasing Production appeared first on La Via Campesina - EN.

Honduras must immediately stop the execution of over 1000 eviction orders issued under a new law that shields agro-industrial land from historic tenure claims- says the UN experts.

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The financing on offer for recovery, largely structured as loans, simply turns a climate disaster into new sovereign debt for a country that had no hand in causing it.

The post Grants, Not Loans: ANPFA, Nepal’s Peasants’ Union, Demands Climate Justice After Deadly Floods appeared first on La Via Campesina - EN.

This podcast by ESAFF explores why farmers continue to challenge the WTO and call for a just trade framework that works for people, not just markets.

The post Beyond Free Trade: An Alternative Trade Framework Based on Food Sovereignty | ESAFF Podcast appeared first on La Via Campesina - EN.

The provisional application of the EU-Mercosur FTA without a vote from the European Parliament remains a democratic scandal.

The post Europe: Temporary ban on Brazilian meat and honey highlights EU-Mercosur risks, says ECVC appeared first on La Via Campesina - EN.

This briefing note focuses on trade and its effects on peasantry and food sovereignty in Africa.

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Despite numerous complaints, the government of Daniel Noboa signed a Free Trade Agreement with Canada, even though the public had not been made aware of the final text of the agreement.

The post Ecuador: Trade Agreement with Canada Threatens Indigenous Peoples’ Rights appeared first on La Via Campesina - EN.

With prices down, costs up, and trade barriers potentially loosening further, peasant farmers across several provinces are mobilizing in South Korea.

The post South Korea: Peasant Unions Take to the Streets Over CPTPP trade pact and Collapsing Crop Prices appeared first on La Via Campesina - EN.

August unfolded against a grim backdrop of human suffering. We, at La Via Campesina, answered with solidarity rather than silence.

The post 2026 | August News Wrap: Updates from LVC Members Worldwide appeared first on La Via Campesina - EN.

ECVC together with other agricultural organisations met with Commissioner Hansen and Irish Minister Heydon to discuss this summer’s severe weather events and expressed concern over the authorities’ lack of preparedness for this foreseeable crisis.

The post Europe | Meeting with Hansen and Heydon: ECVC calls for immediate support to ensure no farms are lost appeared first on La Via Campesina - EN.

At what point does a woman's life become a femicide statistic? At what point do we stop seeing their faces, their stories, their dreams, and their life plans? What has to happen for the files of the thousands of women still waiting for justice to stop gathering dust in state archives?

The post Beyond the numbers: femicide in Honduras as an expression of structural violence against women 2020-2026 appeared first on La Via Campesina - EN.

The Letter to the UN special rapporteurs calls for an independent investigation, protective measures for those affected and a response from the Panamanian State within 60 days.

The post Complaint regarding alleged illegal surveillance of social organisations in Panama submitted to UN special rapporteurs appeared first on La Via Campesina - EN.