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  Fears growing for five indigenous Garifuna men abducted in Honduras

  

  theguardian.com

  The Triunfo de la Cruz region has been embroiled in a struggle to save their ancestral land from developers and drug traffickersFears are growing for the safety of five black indigenous men in Honduras who were abducted from their homes last weekend by heavily armed gunmen in police uniforms.The victims are Garifuna fishermen from the town Triunfo de la Cruz on the north coast – a region where communities are embroiled in a longstanding struggle to save their ancestral land from drug traffickers, palm oil magnates and tourism developers aided by corrupt officials and institutions. Continue reading...

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  Indigenous environmental defender killed in latest Honduras attack

  

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  Félix Vásquez, 60, shot in own home in front of familyKilling followed death threats linked to...

  Félix Vásquez, 60, shot in own home in front of familyKilling followed death threats linked to work on environmentAnother indigenous environmentalist has been killed in Honduras, cementing the country’s inglorious ranking as the deadliest place in the world to defend land and natural resources from exploitation.Félix Vásquez, 60, a veteran leader of the indigenous Lenca people, was shot dead at home in Santiago de...

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  How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources

  

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  The Guapinol community, on the country’s north coast, has become militarized in an effort to defend...

  The Guapinol community, on the country’s north coast, has become militarized in an effort to defend the river that supplies itGabriela Sorto has not seen or spoken to her father in six months, since the Honduran government’s draconian Covid-19 measures banned most travel and prison visits.Porfirio Sorto Cedillo, a 48-year-old builder and farm worker, is one of eight protesters held in pretrial detention since...

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  Conflicts Over Indigenous Land Grow More Violent in Central America

  

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  Faced with government inaction, some activists try to reclaim ancestral lands on their own. Often, they...

  Faced with government inaction, some activists try to reclaim ancestral lands on their own. Often, they pay a high price.

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