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The Río Negro massacres were a series of killings of villagers by the government of Guatemala between 1980 and 1982. In 1978, in the face of civil war, the Guatemalan government proceeded with its economic development program, including the construction of the Chixoy hydroelectric dam. Financed in large part by the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank, the Chixoy Dam was built in Rabinal, a region of the department of Baja Verapaz historically populated by the Maya Achi. To complete construction, the government completed voluntary and forcible relocations of dam-affected communities from the fertile agricultural valleys to the much harsher surrounding highlands. When hundreds of residents refused to relocate, or returned after finding the conditions of resettlement villages were

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  • Massacres de Río Negro (fr)
  • Río Negro massacres (en)
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  • Les massacres de Río Negro sont plusieurs massacres perpétrés contre les villageois de Río Negro tant leur village ainsi qu'à , , et Agua Fría au Guatemala entre 1980 et 1982. Plus de 440 Mayas Achi auraient été tués dans le village de Río Negro et la série de qui ont coûté la vie à près de 5 000 personnes entre 1980 et 1982 prit le nom de « massacres de Río Negro ». Le gouvernement déclara que le refus de relocalisation des villageois pour la construction du barrage hydroélectrique de Chixoy était une activité de contre-insurrection bien que des religieux, des journalistes et les survivants rejettent le fait que le village ait connu une quelconque activité de guérilla organisée. (fr)
  • The Río Negro massacres were a series of killings of villagers by the government of Guatemala between 1980 and 1982. In 1978, in the face of civil war, the Guatemalan government proceeded with its economic development program, including the construction of the Chixoy hydroelectric dam. Financed in large part by the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank, the Chixoy Dam was built in Rabinal, a region of the department of Baja Verapaz historically populated by the Maya Achi. To complete construction, the government completed voluntary and forcible relocations of dam-affected communities from the fertile agricultural valleys to the much harsher surrounding highlands. When hundreds of residents refused to relocate, or returned after finding the conditions of resettlement villages were (en)
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