Brazil: Peasant leaders vow to keep seized land

AP ^ | April 15, 2004

[Tailgunner Joe]

MANGARATIBA, Brazil (AP) -- Leaders of Brazil's landless movement are vowing not to give up any of the hundreds of farms seized by thousands of peasants this year.

They also will keep pressing for sweeping reform that, if carried out, would radically change the land ownership map in Latin America's biggest country.

[StormEye]

Expect reports of starvation in Brazil --
perhaps in 12 to 24 months.
Naturally it will be blamed on the U.S.

[E Rocc]

Sounds like Mugabe's gangs. What they deserve is a couple passes from an AC-130, but totalitarian politicians often end up de facto alliances with thieves like these.

-Eric

[Young Rhino]

They are each entitled to a plot of land...six feet deep.

[RippleFire]

bump

[Unam Sanctam]

Will Lula do a Mugabe and allow theft of land without reasonable compensation?

[claudiustg]

---He was one of 40 leaders at the 2,037-acre (825-hectare ) Santa Justina farm just 45 miles (70 kilometers) southwest of Rio de Janeiro, occupied by hundreds of landless people since late March.---

There was an earlier thread about walling off the ghettos in the Rio area partly to prevent destruction of the surrounding forests. A huge amount of coastal forest has already been destroyed by the slash and burn farming methods of the peasants. But then huge amounts of rain forest have been destroyed by big ranchers to make room for grazing beef.

[GeronL]

Clive.... sound familiar?

[RussianConservative]

In Brazil, peasant told go cut trees and make farm...then come along oligarchy and kick peasant off land and tell him cut more...they do no use land only own it...I read something like 90% land in hands of 10% so of course corruption and poordom great breeding lands for leftism...something US elites not understand very well...that is result of Free Trade too.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

"We want a more just Brazil. But we don't see real justice without Socialism," Amaro said.

Well, going off the deep end isn't the way to go.

[Fred22]

We are not calling for a revolution right now

Meaning they will call for one in the future