President’s Family Farm Stormed by Protesters
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From Times Wire Reports
Hundreds of peasants with the Landless Workers Movement, or MST, invaded a farm owned by President Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s family. The peasants are seeking agrarian reform.
Calling it an act of terrorism, the government ordered army troops to help federal police at the Corrego da Ponte farm about 100 miles east of Brasilia, the capital.
The MST said in a statement that the occupation came after failed negotiations with the government.
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