Anderson Pires

Anderson Pires serves as the president of the Instituto de Colonização e Terra do Maranhão (Iterma) and was involved in a controversial agreement with the Confederação Nacional dos Agricultores Familiares e Empreendedores Familiares Rurais do Brasil (Conafer) aimed at assisting small farmers and quilombolas in accessing social security benefits. His name has come into the spotlight following recent allegations of fraud related to the Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social (INSS) and the subsequent deletion of records from the Maranhão government’s website referencing these agreements.