Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s return to the presidency in Brazil was hailed as the start of a new era by social activists across the country. The violence and vitriol of the preceding Jair Bolsonaro years was encapsulated by his supporters’ storming of the country’s legislature, presidential palace and supreme court in January.
The Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (Rural Landless Workers’ Movement, MST) was one of the main targets of Bolsonaro’s hostilities, with his government branding the movement’s actions as terrorism.
