http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2016/images/valdir_misnerovicz.jpgOn May 31, Valdir Misnerovicz, an important and effective organizer of the Landless Workers Movement (MST) in Brazil, was arrested. . . . The news of Misnerovicz's arrest came a few days after a related revelation. In March, two high-level members of the opposition against President Dilma Rousseff (Workers' Party/PT), whose power was recently suspended as she awaits impeachment proceedings in the federal senate, were recorded while discussing the current political crisis. Senator Romero Jucá was taped assuring his colleague that he had recently spoken with "the generals, military commanders." He went on, "Everything is fine, they told me they would ensure order. They're monitoring the MST, I don't know how, to ensure there won't be any disturbances."

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