Au Cambodge, au Honduras, en Inde et au Guatemala, des ONG relatent des faits de répression, d'accaparements de terres et de violences ayant entraîné des morts suite aux prêts de la Société financière internationale.
A lucrative agro-industrial crop like palm oil, in a context of entrenched corruption and an authoritarian regime, lends itself to land grabbing and agrarian violence.
- TruthOut
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08 December 2014
La comunidad garífuna de Nueva Armenia, a pocos kilómetros de La Ceiba, en el litoral caribeño de Honduras, está luchando valientemente contra la expansión de la palma africana. Desalojos, detenciones y juicios amañados no han podido detener el proceso de recuperación de sus territorios ancestrales.
- Nicaragua y mas
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19 September 2014
The IFC approved $70 million (Dh257.46 million) for Ficohsa in 2011 despite the bank’s risky operating environment and clients, including a palm oil company linked to multiple killings and drug trafficking.
Le 21 mai dernier un contingent de 315 membres de l’armée et de la police ainsi que 40 agents de sécurité privée ont participé à l’expulsion violente des exploitations rurales Trinidad et El Despertar
A las 6:00 de la mañana, unos 300 miembros de la Operación Xatruch y la policía Nacional, ejecutaron un desalojo violento.
Within Honduras, the murder rate climbs as one travels north to the central Atlantic coast departments. In the heart of this region lies the lush Lower Aguán Valley, a center of deadly conflict over land rights.
- Carnegie Council
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06 May 2014
International and Honduran CSOs condemn the response of the International Finance Corporation to the highly critical findings of the Compliance Adviser/Ombudsman regarding the IFC’s investment in Corporación Dinant in Honduras
La mésaventure qui vient d’arriver au Honduras à la Société financière internationale, le bras armé de la Banque mondiale pour financer le secteur privé, aurait pu servir de base à la trame d’un scénario pour un thriller financier comme Hollywood en a le secret.
- Financial Afrik
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13 January 2014
Investigation says loan to Honduran palm oil magnate, alleged to be linked to activist deaths, violated bank's rules.
- Al Jazeera
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12 January 2014
An internal report is set to raise the lid on funding for an industry that’s forcing farmers off the land.
- GlobalPost
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04 January 2014
Bajo Aguán, a fertile agricultural region in the north of Honduras, might at first glance look like paradise. But in fact, it is part of a historic land struggle and the site of a an undeclared and largely invisible war, where only one side has arms.
- Toward Freedom
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20 August 2013