farmlandgrab.org | San Juan La Noria: the community abandoned to palm oil development
China Dialogue | 25 June 2021 San Juan La Noria: the community abandoned to palm oil development The village in Guatemala is surrounded by oil palm plantations but residents feel none of the benefits by Marvin Del Cid, Sonny Figueroa There is only one road in and out of San Juan La Noria. This community of 2,600 people, located 150 kilometres southeast of the Guatemalan capital, is almost completely engulfed by rows and rows of oil palms. In the 1970s, when the village was founded, San Juan La Noria comprised around 20 houses. Its inhabitants worked in agriculture, including livestoc...
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