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Expropriation Surges as Sandinistas Seize Nicaraguan Lands
The Sandinist regime, short on capital, has seized vast Somoza era ranches and farms, with 1.6 million acres cited in cattle land alone. Minister Jaime Wheelock describes large, cooperative agrarian projects and an aim to unify peasants under collective farming while avoiding full state control of remaining private land.
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New York Times
Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Jaime Wheelock
Agrarian Reform
Wheelock
Somoza
National Guard
Chile
Salvador Allende
National Reconstruction Junta
Ricardo Coronel Kautz
Coronel Kautz
Cuba
Peru