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Preocupa en Brasil la compra de tierras que inició China también en la Argentina
- Urgente 24
- 03 August 2010
Los 'negocios' cambian de sentido cuando la inversión es subordinada a razones estratégicas de un Estado extranjero.
China compra terras no Brasil
- O Estado de S.Paulo
- 03 August 2010
"Os chineses compraram a África e estão tentando comprar o Brasil", disse o professor Delfim Netto em entrevista ao Estado de domingo. Pode haver algum exagero de linguagem, mas a preocupação é justificável.
World Bank's leaked report on land grabs contradicts its advice to the developing countries
- Oakland Institute
- 02 August 2010
"Investors are targeting countries with weak laws, buying arable land on the cheap, and failing to deliver on promises of jobs and investments," says a leaked draft of the World Bank report
Terras com estrangeiros e a soberania em risco
- O Correio
- 02 August 2010
MT, SP e MS são os estados que cederam mais área para não-brasileiros
Australia opposition may tweak foreign investment laws
- Dow Jones
- 02 August 2010
Australia's opposition leader Tony Abbott said his Liberal-National coalition of center-right parties could revise the country's foreign investment laws if it wins power in the Aug. 21 general election.
Harvesting Returns
- CNBC
- 02 August 2010
BlackRock agriculture fund manager says they are investing in companies that own land and grow crops.
Bunge seeks palm plantation in Indonesia
- Reuters
- 02 August 2010
US agribusiness group Bunge Ltd is actively scouting out for palm plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia to cater to rising demand from Asian economies
Land Grab: win-win or win-lose? Corporate self-regulation or total system change?
- Socialist Standard
- 01 August 2010
The way to make it possible for third parties to benefit materially in exchange for a signature is to eliminate the profit motive.
Citadel Capital secures loan to develop sorghum plantation in Sudan
- Bloomberg
- 01 August 2010
Citadel Capital Corp., an Egyptian private-equity firm with $8.3 billion in investments, said one of its companies received a $4.9 million loan from Bank of Khartoum for the plantation of land in Sudan.
Citadel firm gets $4.9m Sudan farm loan
- TradeArabia
- 01 August 2010
Wafra, Citadel Capital’s agriculture platform in Sudan, said its portfolio firm has obtained a $4.9 million loan from Bank of Khartoum to support the farming of its first 2,076 acres of sorghum.
Liberals to limit foreign farm investment
- The Australian
- 31 July 2010
LABOR has demanded the Coalition back foreign investment in the farm sector after it said he would be prepared to limit foreign purchases.
La Banca e la terra
- Il Manifesto
- 31 July 2010
La Banca mondiale è «un anomale complesso», conclude de Schutter, e da un lato incoraggia i grandi acquisti di terra - dall'altro commissiona studi che ne dimostrano gli effetti negativi.
Sudan to double output, export sugar by 2014
- Reuters
- 31 July 2010
Exports would target markets in the EU, where demand is rising, Sudan's nine neighbours as well as the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Arab world.
Bird alerta para "tomada" internacional de terras
- MST
- 29 July 2010
Investidores em terras agrícolas estão visando países com leis frágeis, comprando terra arável por uma ninharia e deixando de cumprir promessas de geração de empregos e investimentos, de acordo com a minuta de um relatório do Banco Mundial (Bird).
Violence et expropriation à Sanamandougou : Modibo Kéita de GDCM sème la terreur
- Ciwara
- 29 July 2010
Les autorités, les riches entrepreneurs et les investisseurs étrangers partagent les terres de l’office du Niger pour y installer une sorte de colonisation.