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Montevideo, April 20th 2024 - 00:00 UTC

Tag: Patrus Ananias

  • Wednesday, January 7th 2015 - 06:39 UTC

    Land possession and peasants, the first strong clash in Rousseff's cabinet

    Minister Abreu argued there no large estates left in Brazil, although 1% of entrepreneur farmers own half of the country's best land

    Land possession has caused the first clashes in the newly named cabinet of President Dilma Rousseff with Agriculture minister Katia Abreu arguing there are no large estates ('latifundium') left in Brazil, while her Agrarian Development peer and a stalwart from the ruling party said a social approach was needed to the land and peasants issue.