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The Guatemalan government is “racist” and is stealing the territories in the name of the so-called development, says leader from Huehuetenango.“Another Guatemala is possible, from the people”, said Francisco Rafael Mateo, leader of the Departmental Assembly for the Defense of the Natural Resources of Huehuetenango”. He spoke at the event organized for the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, celebrated this week in Totonicapan department.

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Guatemala: oil, mining, hydroelectric and monoculture projects in the crosshairs of indigenous communities.Over 550 indigenous peoples representatives of Guatemala participated this week in a national meeting in the eve of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, in the department of Totonicapan.

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