Hundreds of peasant and indigenous families arrived in Asunción, Paraguay, to participate in Thursday's traditional peasant march, to demand an agrarian reform.
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00:00Hundreds of peasants and indigenous families arrive in Asunción, Paraguay to participate
00:05on Thursday's traditional Peasants' March to demand an agrarian reform.
00:09The families accuse the Santiago Peña administration of implementing policies that undermine the
00:15people's quality of life and food production.
00:18They also demand respect for their ancestral territories and the state's support to the
00:23agricultural activity in their lands.
00:26At least 2.5% of the country's families hold 85% of the nation's arable lands, which are
00:33responsible for Paraguay's total food supply.
00:44The problems of the peasantry and the land are getting worse and worse.
00:48The government continues to pass laws to expel peasants and indigenous people from their
00:54lands.
00:56That is why we are mobilizing.
00:58On the other hand, if we look at the state of production today, that is even more worrying,
01:03because it is not only the peasantry that is affected, but society as a whole.
01:09And we also have to add the climate crisis and deforestation.