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Food Crisis in the Polochic Exacerbates as Government Repression Continues
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August 12, 2011 by tristan savage

by Tristan Call and Katy Savage published simultaneously on Upside Down World The massive evictions of 800 families from 14 …
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Category: Uncategorized, Violence | Tags: African palm, agrarian reform, agrofuels, Alvaro Colom, Antonio Beb Ac, biodiesel, biofuels, cane, Central American Bank of Economic Integration, Chabil Utzaj, CUC, evictions, FAO, food crisis, food prices, Guatemala, Guatemala Solidarity Project, Interamerican Court of Human Rights, maize, Oscar Reyes, Panzos, peasant movement, Pellas, Polochic, Sandra Torres, sugar, United States, via campesina, Violence, Widmann family
US-funded Biodiesel Colonialism
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January 10, 2011 by Kate Savage

“As corrupt corporations and politicians shift wealthy nations to greater ethanol and biodiesel use, the US government believes that harvests …
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Category: economics, environment, Violence | Tags: African palm, biodiesel, campesinos, carbon trading, colonialism, eviction, food sovereignty, Guatemala, imperialism, indigenous, land reform, militarization, Miralvalle, neo-colonialism, new carbon economy, Q'eqchi, resistance, solidarity, war on drugs

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