After eight years of struggle, communities in Huehuetenango, Guatemala are celebrating a decision by Spanish company Ecoener-Hidralia to start shutting down its Hidro Santa-Cruz damming operations on the Q’am B’alam river near Santa Cruz Barillas. The company’s announcement, made on December 29th, signals the end of a tragic legacy of political persecution and imprisonment, criminalisation
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Politics at all levels, by all means
A fascist in the White House, and the ‘traffic lights’ go out in Germany ~ Jonathan Eibisch, Paradox-A ~ The promised turning point is clearly coming much louder than many would have expected.