Last Updated on October 4, 2013
When the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank funded genocide in Guatemala under the notorious dictator Rios Montt, they were banking on state-sponsored terror to protect their investments. Now that Montt is on trial for his crimes, human rights organizations like Jubilee International are calling for the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank to be held responsible. Along with the International Monetary Fund, the two international banks are complicit not only in past genocide against Mayan communities, but in present austerity programs that pour salt in the wounds of the impoverished people of Guatemala.
Across the world right now, Indigenous peoples are facing a renewed assault on their lands, rights, and ways of life.
From extractive industries pushing deeper into ancestral territories, to governments rolling back hard-won protections,
the threat is global—and it is growing.
What makes this moment especially dangerous is how little attention it receives.
Stories like this are disappearing in real time. Mainstream media
barely covers it and the coverage is fragmented. The public is left without the context
needed to understand what is truly at stake.
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