MST in Brazil have claimed the right to settle on and farm close to 7 million hectares
"MST in Brazil have claimed the right to settle on and farm close to 7 million hectares, or 43,000 square miles, of unused land-- a territory a little larger than the state of Ohio."
Source: Martinez, Nadia. "Democracy Rising: Latin America Rising." YES! magazine. 42 (summer 2007) 22.