Fewer people own more land in Latin America-UN

After having talked extensively in class about the disproportionate possession of land and resources in Latin America, for the first time, I have come across mainstream media attention to the Landless Rural Workers Movement and the issue of land distribution in Latin America. According to a UN Food and Agriculture Official, the ownership of the land in Latin America is continually falling into the possession of big businesses and being taken away from the poor, which needs to change. Whether or not this means that the United Nations is going to put more diplomatic pressure on Latin American governments to act, though, is still unknown.


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