expropriation of the land

However, expropriation of the land was fought by the chinampa owners for years after it occurred.

Expropriation of the land of emigrants that have not been pardoned for having their old properties and land sold or donated by Montevideo between 1810 and 1815.

Nationalist and right-wing politicians called for expropriation of the land instead because, they said, the timberland and wilderness was so vast that foreign ownership posed a threat to national security.

The Court noted that a deprivation of land could occur not only by a formal expropriation of the land but also by an act which nullified any meaningful economic benefit in the land.

The most important change to the area was the expropriation of the lands of the La Merced monastery (most of the current barrio) to be demolished to construct commercial and residential spaces.

In the desire to enlist the support of agriculturists and peasants, the Terrorists had done their best to arouse the cupidity of these ignorant people by wild promises of untold wealth to be derived from expropriation of the land.