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In Mexico, the government’s proposal to build El Zapotillo dam in Jalisco state, has sparked the resistance of local communities and there are already over 200 reports filed by social organizations before the State’s Human Rights Commission. The people’s protests are not taken into account by the authorities, who demand the communities to immediately abandon the lands to build the dam and accuse the local groups of “politicizing” the conflict. Real World Radio interviewed Mexican activist Manuel Gutierrez Diaz from Temacapulin town, during the meeting of REDLAR. He explains how these resistance process unfolded.

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