US, Argentine investors tied to illegal land deals, deforestation in Brazil Reporting by Agência Pública has revealed how investors including U.S. pension funds and an Argentine agribusiness giant may be linked to illegal land deals and deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado region. The investors hold large stakes in BrasilAgro, a company that specializes in buying up land and selling it to agribusiness operators. Under Brazilian legislation that restricts land sales to foreign entities, the acquisitions by…