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FROM
CUBA
Government seizes land from independent
farmer
CIEGO DE AVILA, Cuba, March 29 (Abel Escobar
/ www.cubanet.org) - The agriculture ministry
has seized state land that Manuel Ramírez
Guerra, president of the Independent Farmers
of Ciego de Avila, had been using for the
past 10 years.
Ramírez Guerra said the seizure
was the latest incident since he founded
the farm, movement six months ago. He said
since then he has been fined twice, for
200 and 1,000 pesos, lost the use of his
own tractor and had his home attacked.
He said that officials from the agriculture
ministry issued him a citation March 13.
he said he was told the state was taking
back the land and would also seize his tractor
unless it was put to use on behalf of the
government.
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