[10/26/06] AP Reports: Brazil's landless, disappointed, still lean toward Silva in Sunday's presidential runoff

Brazil's landless, disappointed, still lean toward Silva in Sunday's presidential runoff

The Associated Press
Published: October 26, 2006

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NOVA IGUACU, Brazil Eighty landless families seized farmland six years ago and named it "The Promised Land," joining hundreds of thousands across Brazil who have taken land reform into their own hands, with the enthusiastic support of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Now most remain loyal, but feel disappointed in the president they thought would be their champion.

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[10/26/06] AP Reports: Brazil's landless, disappointed, still lean toward Silva in Sunday's presidential runoff