Land Grab or land acquisitions: lessons from Latin America and Brazil
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Date of publication
Diciembre 2009
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25
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The set of problems involving land property in Latin America has been the subject of controversy, legislation and political struggle ever since the occupation of its territory by the European colonizers in the post-Mercantilism era. In recent years, however, the need for food and energy production, the need for environmental preservation and the speculative use of land, has aroused a new wave of debate over land acquisition.
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