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In the current global context, which has seen land prices soar, international land transactions could easily get out of hand and result in foreign interests taking control of most of the land in Latin America, threatening the national sovereignty of States over their territory.
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Sit down for breakfast, and you can eavesdrop on the tug-of-war between private and public interests in the county, where the Bureau of Land Management controls 4 million acres.
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Plus restaurant, supermarket interests and 2.1 million acres of land in Argentina.
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The theory of the tragedy of the commons is well-known: it is in the interests of any individual to add to his stock of animals on common land, even if that leads to further degradation.
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However, if Washington believes its national interests are at stake, then it would put its forces in harm's way even for a land little known to its people.
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Mr Paisley jnr said that his lobbying had been in the best interests of the public purse and of his constituents who are hoping to buy back land taken over by government more than 30 years ago.
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