Land reform reformed
THE Sandinists were voted out of power in 1990. Yet one legacy lives on: land reform—or, as its victims saw it, land confiscation. And trouble it has brought. Right and left have feuded over ownership and compensation. A few ex-owners have tried to grab their former property by force. Uncertainty has scared off foreign and local investment. But now a solution is in sight.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Land reform reformed”
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