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Brazil’s Supreme Court Upholds Decades-Old Limits on Foreign Ownership of Farmland

The Supreme Federal Court unanimously upheld a 1971 law cementing strict restrictions on the acquisition and lease of rural land by foreign entities, removing legal uncertainty but entrenching barriers to foreign capital in Brazil's massive agricultural land market.

By Diane Cole

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Brazil’s Supreme Court Upholds Decades-Old Limits on Foreign Ownership of Farmland
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The Supreme Federal Court unanimously upheld a 1971 law cementing strict restrictions on the acquisition and lease of rural land by foreign entities, removing legal uncertainty but entrenching barriers to foreign capital in Brazil's massive agricultural land market.

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