Guatemala: Another Maya Qeqchi (Oscar Reyes) Farmer Killed In Guatemala By Biofuel Interests

Guatemala: Another Maya Qeqchi (Oscar Reyes) Farmer Killed In Guatemala By Biofuel Interests   Rights Action COMMENT:   Please act on behalf of the Maya Qeqchi communities of Panzos (department of Alta Verapaz, eastern Guatemala) and call the US State Department to demand that the US stop backing biofuel expansion in Central America and revoke visas for businessmen implicated in violence.   Indigenous communities suffer extreme repression by the Chabil Utzaj sugar cane company, which is...

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