Lianne Milton

COMMISSIONS: The Curse of Palm Oil in Guatemala: 19-20180214palm0151

IZABAL, GUATEMALA. February 13, 2018 – Farmers begin construction of a house of an owner who recently acquired the land from a palm oil company in their community, along Lake Izabal, in eastern Guatemala. In the last 20 years, palm oil plantations in the region replaced former cattle ranches and has exacerbated the struggle for land rights in the Polochic Valley.

IZABAL, GUATEMALA. February 13, 2018 – Farmers begin construction of a house of an owner who recently acquired the land from a palm oil company in their community, along Lake Izabal, in eastern Guatemala. In the last 20 years, palm oil plantations in the region replaced former cattle ranches and has exacerbated the struggle for land rights in the Polochic Valley.  

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