Guatemala Congress
Asked to Pass Rural Law
GUATEMALA - Guatemalan farmers'
organizations urge Congress to immediate
pass the Rural Development Law which,
according to them, will abate agrarian
disputes in the country and fight poverty.
Due to those two factors, rural people have
seized 327 farms throughout the country,
according to the National Coordinating
Office of Farmers' Organizations.
Its leader Carlos Morales affirmed the law
remains stalemated, and there are no
immediate solutions to solve evictions.
Three days ago, policemen and soldiers
displaced 72 families in two communities,
slaughtered poultry, and burned corn and
bean crops, he denounced.
Other rural leaders noted that an alleged
group of deputies, influenced by powerful
economic sectors, hinder the law, and did
not rule out the use of force to reach that
goal, a local daily reported.
The president of Congress' Agriculture
Commission, Roberto Kestler, said the law is
on the way and is expected to be approved
this semester, if opposition groups do not
take part in the debates.
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