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Guatemala: "Development" And Death - Military State Of Siege In Santa Cruz De Barrillas - 5,000 Villagers Take Control Of Military Base After Hydroelectric Dam Opponent Was Shot Dead


Guatemala: "Development" And Death - Military State Of Siege In Santa Cruz De Barrillas - 5,000 Villagers Take Control Of Military Base After Hydroelectric Dam Opponent Was Shot Dead   Annie Bird, 2012   On May 1, 2012 three Mayan Canjobal men, who have opposed the construction of hydroelectric dam being developed by the Spanish Corporation Hidralia Energia, were shot, one fatally.   According to reports from the Council of the Peoples of the Western Highlands (Consejo de los...

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