Honduran campesinos under the gun
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Progresshiv
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Maybe they can build casinos.
- 2 years ago
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Progresshiv
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treewolf39
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Progresshiv:
If that is the case then they have not been properly abused. Besides there is not a treaty to first steal the land.
I would so like to see the good working poor(most of the population) of Honduras in control of their future. As long as the United States supports the criminal government only bad will come to the Honduran people.
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treewolf39
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Progresshiv
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treewolf39:
Too true.
- 2 years ago
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Progresshiv
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galwayman
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It is my understanding that the troops are there to screw the rich landowners and force them to give back the land to the people,which to me is justice! Eat the rich! Force them to live in poverty!
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galwayman
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treewolf39
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galwayman:
Where is the information that brought you to this understanding? If what you say was true then it would be justice, but alas this is not the case.
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treewolf39
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A tentative and controversial resolution has been reached in a long-standing land conflict in Honduras. The controversy lies in the mobilization of the military, in the form of at least 2,000 soldiers, to pressure the campesinos into signing the latest negotiated deal. The group of 3,500 campesino families has agreed to accept a total of 11,000 hectares from the Lobo government. The previously landless workers continue to occupy a series of African palm plantations in the fertile Northern Honduran valley of Aguán, until their access to the land is assured.
Produced by Jesse Freeston.
Bio
Rosemary Joyce is an anthropologist and archaeologist at the University of California, Berkeley. She has been worked regularly in Honduras ever since 1977. She blogs regularly at her 'Honduran Culture and Politics'.
Her blog can be found at: hondurasculturepolitics.blogspot.com
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treewolf39
