[Brazil] Protests: Peaceful protest

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. On April 9, 2025, approximately 500 members of the Landless Workers' Movement (MST) and Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) occupied a National Institute for Land Reform (INCRA) building in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, demanding land reform as part of coordinated "Red April" protests. The event was classified as a peaceful protest with low severity.

Supply-chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event; second-order effects depend on how the situation escalates. Mato Grosso is Brazil's largest soybean-producing state, but the current action appears focused on institutional pressure rather than disrupting agricultural operations.

Watch points

• Monitor whether protests expand beyond institutional occupations to agricultural areas or transport infrastructure in Mato Grosso
• Track if similar MST actions emerge in other major agricultural states as part of the broader "Red April" campaign