http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6097326CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, emboldened by a recent referendum victory, on Sunday promised tougher land redistribution as he pressed ahead with the "revolutionary" reforms at the heart of the nation's political conflict.
Chavez, a populist ex-army officer elected in 1998, ordered his military commanders to investigate "latifundios" or large rural estates and report idle land not in productive use as his government stepped up its drive for agrarian reform.
"In this new stage of the revolution, I demand strict application of the constitution and the land law," Chavez said on "Hello, Mr. President," his weekly Sunday television program. "I want a report on the estates under each military command... We going after the idle land to put it to work."
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