<P> The Nicaraguan Agrarian Reform developed into four phases: </P> <Ol> <Li> First phase (1979): confiscation of property owned by Somocists and its adepts </Li> <Li> Second phase (1981): Agrarian Reform Law of July 19, 1981 </Li> <Li> Third phase (1984--85): massive cession of land individually, responding to demands from peasantry </Li> <Li> Fourth phase (1986): Agrarian Reform Law of 1986, or "reform to the 1981 Law" </Li> </Ol> <Li> First phase (1979): confiscation of property owned by Somocists and its adepts </Li> <Li> Second phase (1981): Agrarian Reform Law of July 19, 1981 </Li>

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