Original Post: Bolivia unveils plan to distribute land to poor
Bolivia unveils plan to distribute land to poor
Tue May 16, 7:53 PM ET
LA PAZ, Bolivia (Reuters) - Bolivia outlined on Tuesday its plan to redistribute idle land to the country's poor peasants, ruling out mass expropriations and proposing instead the swift distribution of state-owned property.
The announcement came two weeks after leftist President Evo Morales nationalized the energy industry, surprising neighboring countries and foreign oil companies that had expected to be consulted before Bolivia took action.
Tuesday's announcement was another step by Morales' government to increase state control of the country's resources, but officials tried to soothe landowners' fears of arbitrary expropriations by vowing that no productive farmland would be seized.
Vice President Alvaro Garcia called on Bolivians to discuss the proposal and said recent rumors about expropriations or government-backed squatting stemmed from blackmail by those opposed to the "agrarian revolution."
The government said it will first distribute up to 5 million hectares (12.36 million acres) of state-owned property to indigenous groups and then identify unproductive private land for possible redistribution.
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Tue May 16, 7:53 PM ET
LA PAZ, Bolivia (Reuters) - Bolivia outlined on Tuesday its plan to redistribute idle land to the country's poor peasants, ruling out mass expropriations and proposing instead the swift distribution of state-owned property.
The announcement came two weeks after leftist President Evo Morales nationalized the energy industry, surprising neighboring countries and foreign oil companies that had expected to be consulted before Bolivia took action.
Tuesday's announcement was another step by Morales' government to increase state control of the country's resources, but officials tried to soothe landowners' fears of arbitrary expropriations by vowing that no productive farmland would be seized.
Vice President Alvaro Garcia called on Bolivians to discuss the proposal and said recent rumors about expropriations or government-backed squatting stemmed from blackmail by those opposed to the "agrarian revolution."
The government said it will first distribute up to 5 million hectares (12.36 million acres) of state-owned property to indigenous groups and then identify unproductive private land for possible redistribution.
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