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"en.20170216.4.4-049-000"2
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"Mr President, Francesca Ramirez leads the Council for the Defence of the Land, the Lake and Sovereignty, a peaceful resistance movement against the interoceanic mega-dam project which is going ahead unlawfully and without prior consultation with the local community. This mega-dam project would destroy the homes and livelihoods of thousands of indigenous people and small farmers, devastate fragile ecosystems across approximately 400 000 hectares of Nicaraguan land and further increase the country’s debt.
The seizure and damage of Ms Ramirez’s vehicles by the state authorities signals the Government’s determination to go ahead with this damaging mega-project and its willingness to intimidate those who oppose it.
This resolution condemns such intimidation and underlines the need to abandon the interoceanic dam project in order to prevent the irreversible damage it will cause. We are only sorry that we were not able to support the joint resolution because it was turned into a vehicle for general political criticism of the Nicaraguan Government. While we agree with many of the criticisms, we believe that this is a misuse of the human rights urgencies process of this House."@en1
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