The coolest thing that has ever happened to me. Really.
Gloria and I knew about a land reclamation going on in central Honduras. We drove by it on the study tour and stopped to talk with the people. A group of campesinos are occupying this piece of land in the hopes of getting the government to give it to them. They don't have anything, not even land to build houses on. In the 80s, land reclamation was a popular tactic among Ladino campesinos in Honduras. And it was somewhat successful because it was legal. A group of people would invade private land that wasn't being used and the government would have to give it to them if they could prove they could use it. But now the laws have changed, and Ladinos have no legal right to reclaim land.
We'll see what happens with these guys. The banner says, "Without agrarian reform, no food sovereignty."
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