La minería a gran escala, la tala y la ganadería de grandes inversores están empeorando las amenazas a los territorios indígenas, dice el autor del informe.
Nicaragua has ramped up export production to the US amid the pandemic. But this has come at a high cost for Indigenous communities, who are being run off their land to make way for cattle ranches.
Major multinational companies including Nestlé and Cargill may be sourcing Nicaraguan beef from indigenous regions consumed by land grabs, settler occupation and mass deforestation.
Nearly four people were murdered each week last year while defending their homes, lands and forests from mining, dams and agricultural projects.
A new study comparing forest loss and cocaine busts supports the theory that drug money is being laundered into large-scale agriculture in Central America.
El Gobierno de Nicaragua ofreció cuatro millones de hectáreas disponibles del territorio nacional durante la Ronda de Negocios y Foro Mediático Rusia-América Latina, que se desarrolló el 30 de marzo en Uruguay.
"Out of 4.9 million hectares available in the country, only one million are cultivated. The rest is waiting for the Russians and other foreign investors who are willing to come to us," says Nicaraguan Deputy Foreign Minister
En las últimas tres décadas, la tenencia de la tierra en Nicaragua ha sufrido una reconcentración en manos de extranjeros, señala el estudio Concentración de tierras y seguridad alimentaria en Centroamérica, realizado por Eduardo Baumeister.
- La Prensa
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02 November 2014