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Glossary

Definitions of terms used throughout CountryReports.

This glossary contains 1,144 terms used throughout CountryReports — political, economic, cultural, historical, and geographic terminology referenced in country profiles and articles. Terms are drawn from authoritative sources including the Library of Congress.

reformed sector
Under an unprecedented strong agrarian reform law proposed by administration of Eduardo Frei Montalva (1964-70) in late 1965 and adopted in July 1967, reformed sector was to be made up initially of cooperatives for a transitional period of three to five years. Then cooperative members would decide whether to divide the land into individual plots.