Brazilian social group alleges witch-hunt since Bolsonaro’s win

Describing the Landless Workers Movement as ‘terrorists’, Jair Bolsonaro has vowed to crack down on the group.

Brazil‘s largest social organisation, the Landless Workers Movement, says attacks on its members have increased significantly since the electoral win of right-wing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro.

Bolsonaro will be sworn in on Tuesday. He describes the group as “terrorists” and has vowed to crack down on the movement.

 

Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in central-west Brazil.