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Honduras: Garifuna communities resist eviction and theft of land
Abbott, Jeff
http:///www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2984333/honduras_garifuna_communities_resist_eviction_and_theft_of_land.htmlDate Written: 2015-08-12 Publisher: The Ecologist Year Published: 2015 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX17812 Pristine beaches, clear Caribbean waters, coral reefs, fertile land ... such is the homeland of the Garifuna people, writes Jeff Abbott. It's so lovely that outsiders are desperate to seize ever more of their territory to develop for mass tourism, oil palm plantations, illicit drug production ... and the land grabs have the full support of Honduras military government, backed to the hilt by Uncle Sam. Subject Headings |