By expansion of capitalist class in Latin America, native peoples loss absolute right on the land.  'Land rights' movements were started by the indigenous peoples along-with peasant class. Peasant resistance in Latin America has been crushed and they had seen as an obstacle to development because of their resistance to change. 

 The Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920 gave stimulus to the agrarian reforms including formation of legislations. The revolutions thus began, were struggle against the hacendados, supported by peasant groups. Some armed rebellions were erupted in 1910 and started to seize the land by means of force. 

 The most striking peasant movements of Latin America is the Movimento Sem Terra (MST) or the landless peasants' movement, which originated in Brazil and is now spreading fast across the continent. The prime objective of MST is to obtain excess land from elites and redistribute it among the rural and landless poors. The MST supported creation of large areas of collective settlements. 

 MST movement in Bolivia is strongly linked to the nation's indigenous communities and is rapidly moving towards a violent confrontation with the government and the upper echelons of the rural elite. The MST has started a vigorous and militant struggle for land in other Latin American countries such as Venezuela, Uruguay, and Ecuador. FARC, the militant group of Colombia had proclaimed support to MST with arms.