Garífuna Communities Resist New Agroindustrial Law

Originally reported August 14, 2026 by El Libertador

Garifuna and indigenous leaders warn that Honduras's new Agroindustrial Law, designed to strengthen property rights and attract investment, risks displacing ancestral communities whose territorial claims and international protections remain unresolved.

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