Brido Silvas, 48, left, a member of Landless Rural Workers Movement , or MST, prepares his shack from tree limbs to be covered by a plastic sheeting on a particular owned lot in Perus, 20 miles from Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Monday, Aug. 18, 2003. On last weekend nearly 500 people invaded an area of about 100 hectares, willing to get possession of the land and start cultivating crops. On the background is seen a line of people waiting to receive their lunch from a communal kitchen. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)