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The big international peasant network, Via Campesina, with presence in all the continents, has had a strong participation at the European Social Forum in Malmö, Sweden, as it has so far done in all the international meetings where it has coordinated with other social networks as part of their struggle for justice and food sovereignty. Members of La Via Campesina from different countries participated on Saturday in direct actions against agrofuels in gas stations of Stat Oil corporation (from Norway) and British-Dutch corporation Shell in Malmö. They also participated in a massive demonstration that gathered 15,000 people who marched nearly ten kilometers for over three hours, in what has so far been the most important event of the European Social Forum.

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