The dynamics of violence in pursuit of land in the Pan Amazon

Mongabay
Jan 17, 2024, 1:47 pm124 pts
The adage ‘possession is nine-tenths of the law’ is not legally true, but the concept reigns supreme on frontier landscapes in the Pan Amazon. Land grabbers and peasant pioneers share a modus operandi: they occupy land that does not belong to them. Historically, this process was condoned by the state, and…

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