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Expansion of monocultures expels peasants from their lands
Louisa Reynolds

Repression intensifies against peasant leaders opposed to land grabs, evictions and the pollution of water sources.

Juana Raymundo, 25, was a nurse and community leader from the municipality of Nebaj, in the highland department of Quiché. In a photo published by Prensa Comunitaria, she appears dressed in traditional Mayan Ixil attire — a white embroidered blouse known as huipil, a long, red skirt or corte and a black sweater — and smiles serenely as she looks straight at the camera.see more

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