The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), condemns in the strongest terms the senseless murder of Silvino Nunes Gouveia who was a militant leader of the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Ruais Sem Terra (MST), a movement which represents landless workers in rural areas of Brazil. Nunes was an activist who worked as a regional coordinator for MST in that area. His killers are still at large and are unknown. Nunes was gunned down at his home in the settlement of Liberdade, in the municipality of Periquito on Friday.
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