Bolivian government reverses 13.100 hectares to Osvaldo Monasterio Nieme

REVERSAL • Bolivian government reversed three properties, totaling over 13,000 hectares to Osvaldo Monasterio Nieme because they were not productive.

By EUGEN ROXAS

The satellite image which identifies the land reverted to Osvaldo Monasterio Nieme. Photo © CORREO DEL SUR®. All rights reserved.

SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia.— The director of the National Agrarian Reform Institute (INRA), Juan Carlos Rojas, said the reversal was ordered over three unproductive properties granted by the State to the family monasteries on the plains of Santa Cruz department..

Rojas explained that the three properties, totaling 13 184 hectares, return to state control. The State gave them early this decade free of charge. He said:

“Ownership of land without producing them is ground for reversal. The property passes to State ownership as public land for subsequent redistribution.”

Luis Fernando Saavedra Bruno (L) and Osvaldo Monasterio Nieme (R). Photo © ASOCEBU®. All rights reserved.

This reversion is Evo Morales' election promise to landless Indians to give them the same. Furthermore, the reversion of land is part of a Bolivian government policy to identify unproductive land.

Those affected by the reversal of the 13,000 hectares issued no statement.

Source: EL DEBER / CORREO DEL SUR