[La Via Campesina] 
CAMPAIGNERS marked the International Day of Peasants’ and Farmers’ Struggle today by calling for an immediate end to the persecution of peasant movements and their leaders.
La Via Campesina, a global movement of peasants, small and medium-sized producers, landless, women, indigenous people, rural youth and agricultural workers, highlighted the importance of food sovereignty in ensuring a future for humanity.
“Governments are choosing capitalism at all costs,” the group warned.
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