Member of the Landless Workers Movement sleeps among bags after march for agrarian reform in Brasilia....
A member of the Landless Workers Movement (MST) sleeps among bags after a march for agrarian reform in Brasilia May 18, 2005. A 17-day protest march by 12,000 Brazilian landless peasants ended in violence on Tuesday as activists fought with police and demanded faster government land resettlement to cut rural poverty. Over 50 people were injured as mounted riot police charged into demonstrators at the end of the 150-mile (238-km) march to pressure President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to meet land reform promises. The clashes occurred as leaders of the MST met with Lula and said they reached a deal to boost reform spending. Government officials denied any accord. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos BD/CCK