 And there was a sense for a year or so that things were really going to change, that there was really going to be serious land reform in the country. But then it was blocked, as it is so often in many of these societies, by powerful landowners and special interests who just wanted to maintain the land arrangements the way they've always been. And that was an opportunity that was wasted, and it was a crippling blow to the progress of the country in dealing with its problems.