For all those interested in the mechanics of accumulation by dispossession, I recommend a reading of the following article at:
The article includes two video clips showing the eviction of Garífuna people from their village of Barra Vieja by a force of army and police personnel for the sake of the expansion of the Indura Hilton development. It is a threatening and sobering view of how so-called ‘development’ is carried out.
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The article first appeared in the WilderUtopia website and
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