Just read on the Rainforest Action Network blog that they are sponsering a U.S. speaking tour featuring Leticia Galeano, a campesina youth leader from Paraguay. According to RAN:

Leticia Galeano is an inspiring youth leader from the Movimiento Agrario y Popular (a peasant organization in the department of Caaguazú) and student at the Universidad Catolica in Asuncion, Paraguay. Leticia will speak about militarization in Paraguay, and about the role of U.S. agribusiness giants like ADM, Bunge and Cargill in fueling the soybean wars.

Her community, Tekojoja, is an example of organized resistance to agribusiness exploitation. In 2005, the police violently and illegally displaced families from the community, resulting in the deaths of two individuals. There is now an attempt to bring this case before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

The tour kicks off Tuesday evening, September 23 at Loyola University in Chicago. They will also visit Minneapolis, Washington D.C., New York City, Burlington and Philadelphia, among others. If you go to one of the lectures, drop us a line and let us know how it goes!

Also, for more information on what the Soybean Wars were, see here.

via/RAN