Paraguay landless launch new farm invasions

A Paraguayan farmers group says landless protesters have invaded a northern hacienda, setting up tents and destroying crops to press their demands for terrain.

Soy growers association president Claudia Ruser said Thursday that 150 people stormed a Brazilian farmer's land in San Pedro and wrecked some 500 acres (200 hectares) of sunflower crops.

Landless groups also invaded two other farms in Guayaibi and Kanindeyu.

The protests come on the eve of the inauguration of President-elect Fernando Lugo, who promises to deliver land to poor Paraguayans nationwide.

Incoming Interior Minister Rafael Filizzola said the new government will ask the protesters to abandon their camps, but will send police to evict them if necessary.

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