[08/28/2006] In a region where two families own 92% of the land, 150 MST families occupy latifúndio

[08/28/2006] MST occupies latifúndio in Minas Gerais

Yesterday morning, close to 150 MST families occupied the Monte Cristo Farm, located in the municipality of Salto da Divisa, Minas Gerais (MG). The estate, stretching roughly 2,400 hectares, had already been audited by the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA), who identified it as an unproductive latifúndio. The expropriation process is now well underway.

The majority of the occupying families have registered with INCRA, and are eligible to receive lands on this estate once it is transformed [into a settlement of Agrarian Reform]. The objective of the occupation is to pressure the government agencies responsible for Agrarian Reform in the region.

“It is important to remind everyone that the occupied estate finds itself almost completely abandoned and that the municipality of Salto da Divisa has one of the highest concentrations of land in the state