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Gonzalo Colque, outgoing head of @FundacionTIERRA, describes multiple levels of corruption, abuse of the land distribution process, and trafficking in land in Santa Cruz. All of this entangled with the MAS-IPSP government since 2011. paginasiete.bo/nacional/2021/7/4/gonzalo-colque-se-esta-incubando-un-conflicto-muy-grande-por-la-tierra-en-santa-cruz-300034.htmlPermalink On twitter.com
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Gonzalo Colque (@ColqueG): "From 2011 on, the land distribution process is the most corrupt, dark, and far-reaching that we have ever had."Permalink On twitter.com
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Main scenarios include: 1. Granting of title to large landlords in violation of constitutional limit of 5,000 hectares and the requirement that land serve an economic function.Permalink On twitter.com
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2. Granting land to "ghost settlements" of supposed agrarian colonists, who are actually collections of citizens who don't live there, allowing "community leaders"-on-paper to sell the lands.Permalink On twitter.com
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3. Government officials extorting money from communities, notably Bolivia's Mennonites, that are using untitled public lands.Permalink On twitter.com
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Gonzalo Colque (@ColqueG): A broken alliance with peasants and indigenous people "was replaced by an agribusiness alliance, in which the businessmen want their lands titled, without being questioned."Permalink On twitter.com
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The first shift was already well-documented in 2013 woborders.blog/2013/10/24/sharp-limits-to-agrarian-reform/ but Colque's interview adds a lot of detail about corrupt practices that amplified and politicized the process.Permalink On twitter.com
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Tension between non-ghost agrarian colonizers (aka, intercultural communities) and regional elites has been boiling within political conflicts in the region. woborders.blog/2019/10/07/cabildo-fires/Permalink On twitter.com
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Gonzalo Colque (@ColqueG) argues that Vice President Choquehuanca @LaramaDavid (and perhaps Arce??) are unaware of the extent of the problem: "what he doesn't know, or doesn't want to recognize is the that all of this problem has been created by the MAS government."On twitter.com