Posted on 05/11/2004 12:09:50 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:42:03 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
PARANAPOEMA, Brazil
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It's not exactly like Zimbabwe. Mugabe (Zimbs pres) ordered land seizures. Lula is not. Nor is he promoting them. The gov also shut down a line of credit to MST from two agrarian reform funds the government manages until the group opens up its books to fiscal auditors. About 5 to 10% of the groups money comes from international NGOs.
Conspiracy theorists say that MST is part of a British operation to trip up Brazil's massive agricultural potential. Doubtful.
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