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Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
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Decree 900
1952 Guatemalan land-reform law
Decree 900, also known as the Agrarian Reform Law, was a Guatemalan land-reform law passed on June 17, 1952, during the Guatemalan Revolution. The law was introduced by President Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán and passed by the Guatemalan Congress. It redistributed unused land greater…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
June 17
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