Bolivia

El Gobierno anunció que la disposición será establecida en una ley

Entrevista a Cristobal Kay por Sally Burch de ALAI

Se da cuenta del acaparamiento y extranjerización de las tierras para la producción en gran escala.

In the last two decades, the best agricultural lands in Bolivia have been put into commercial production by large-scale producers closely linked to foreign investors, particularly Brazilians.

The UN passed a series of voluntary guidelines to prevent land grabbing and protect small-scale farmer's rights a year ago. But so far the rules haven't had much impact on foreign investors buying up land.

Exigen a las autoridades pronta solución antes que corra sangre.

Governments in a number of countries are trying to address concerns about land grabbing by closing their borders to foreign investors. Are these restrictions effective? Not really, says GRAIN.

Jacob Ostreicher was a flooring contractor and father of five from Borough Park, Brooklyn, who, like more than a few entrepreneurs battered by the recession, decided to seek his fortune abroad. In his case, he went into rice farming in Bolivia.

Special issue of the Canadian Journal of Development Studies contains 8 articles covering country experiences with land grabbing in Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Guatemala and Mexico.

La presión internacional con intereses comerciales genera que cada vez más tierras se encuentran en manos de extranjeros.

A corrida por terras agrícolas levou investidores estrangeiros a adquirir pelo menos 83 milhões de hectares em países em desenvolvimento entre 2000 e 2010, segundo o Deutsche Bank.

Evo Morales, président de la Bolivie a déclaré être d’accord avec la proposition de la Fédération des Paysans de Santa Cruz de réaliser un audit national sur la propriété des terres dans le pays, afin de connaître par qui et comment elles sont administrées.