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“When I Have the Land”: 200 years in search of Agrarian Reform

Originally published: Resumen: Latinoamericano and the Third World on April 17, 2022 (more by Resumen: Latinoamericano and the Third World)

On April 17, 1996, 19 peasants of the Brazilian Landless Movement were assassinated in the municipality of Eldorado Dos Carajás, in the south of the state of Pará. The event took place during a peaceful mobilization organized to demand the expropriation of idle land from local landowners.