Land Grab in El Salvador

Shortly after the Kissinger Commission issued its report on Central America, Representative Jack Kemp (R., N.Y.) put out a statement noting its “significant recommendations.” One of these ran as follows:

[There should be] a renewed effort in the region to protect the property rights of all citizens. While it is recommended that, where appropriate, land-reform programs should be initiated, the commission is firm in its conviction that prior owners should be fully compensated in a manner which enables them to transfer their rightful share of national wealth into new enterprises. Just as firm was the conviction of the commission that new landowners should be provided immediately with a full and transferable property right to their new land.

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Shortly after the Kissinger Commission issued its report on Central America, Representative Jack Kemp (R., N.Y.) put out a statement noting its “significant recommendations.” One of these ran as follows:

[There should be] a renewed effort in the region to protect the property rights of all citizens. While it is recommended that, where appropriate, land-reform programs should be initiated, the commission is firm in its conviction that prior owners should be fully compensated in a manner which enables them to transfer their rightful share of national wealth into new enterprises. Just as firm was the conviction of the commission that new landowners should be provided immediately with a full and transferable property right to their new land.