[Torie]

Land redistribution is really not where it is at. The effects will probably be negative, but Brazil's future has really almost nothing to do with agriculture. The areas of Brazil that are really agriculturally productive in a world market could fit within Iowa. Tropical areas suck for agricultural if the truth be known as far as efficiency goes, so only that bit of Brazil to the far South is really productive.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Oops, sorry if I wasn't clear, from what I understand the squatters involved are strictly in the city slums(favelas) and this would be basically just official recognition of what is existing. Many of these neighborhoods actually have a life cycle, as the residents implement improvements and often transition into somewhat stable working class districts with an actual real estate markets. Would let them establish a mailing address, legally sign up for utilities, and more easily get micro loans for business startup. From what I understand it is primarily gov't property involved, so it sounds more like a version of the US land grants of the 19th century.