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Stories for July 27th 2017

• Thursday, July 27th 2017 - 02:16 UTC

  Prosecution triple budget to combat corruption in Brazil

  

  Brazil’s Attorney General’s office announced on Tuesday that it has tripled its 2018 budget for the investigation into a sprawling corruption scandal that has engulfed political and business leaders across Latin America.

• Thursday, July 27th 2017 - 01:52 UTC

  Brazilian landless peasants invade soybean plantation owned by Agriculture minister

  

  Hundreds of landless farmers in Brazil have invaded and occupied a soybean plantation owned by a company belonging to Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi. The takeover by some 500 people was organized by the Landless Rural Workers' Movement, which encourages the seizure of farmland it deems unproductive as a tactic to pressure the government.