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Central America

Indigenous Maya Q’eqchi’ Denounce Eviction Threats of New Communities in El Estor

Aldo Santiago - 11 July, 2024

Guatemala: judicial authorities and agroindustry companies pursue evictions of Indigenous communities around Lake Izabal.

Central America

Guatemala: Chiquibul Seeks to Certify its Oil Palm Crops while Using Violence Against Indigenous Peoples

Renata Bessi - 18 March, 2024

Community of Santa Elena, in Petén, is surveilled by police patrols and armed company guards; at night drones fly over the community

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Mexico

United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Sides with U.S. in GM Corn Dispute Without Evidence That It Is Not Harmful to Health

Jeny Pascacio - 2 January, 2025

The panel established under the TMEC ruled in favor of the United States about its complaint over a Mexican decree banning glyphosate and genetically modified corn

Mexico

Tzeltal Political Prisoners File Appeal for their Immediate Freedom

Aldo Santiago - 25 September, 2024

Tzeltal human rights defenders accused of homicide have filed an appeal demanding their immediate freedom.

Mexico

Already Failed Dam Project Being Revived in Oaxaca to Address Water Crisis

Sare Frabes - 23 September, 2024

Attempt being made to revive an already failed dam project to combat the water crisis in Oaxaca.