Brazilian landless peasants invade soybean plantation owned by Agriculture minister

Thursday, July 27th 2017 - 01:52 UTC

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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. Read full article

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FROM Reuters:
“Brazilian federal judge Sergio Moro, the man behind Brazil's largest ever corruption investigation, said there is still lack of interest from the country's political establishment to fight corruption, despite the political and economic crisis the practice sent the country into”
REF: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corruption-judge-idUSKBN1AF0M9
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