Ortega hands over indigenous area to the environmental damage of Chinese mining and now involved two UN agencies to unlock a million-dollar disbursement from the Green Climate Fund (FVC) Secretariat
The United Nations Office for Project Services and the WFP are 'observers' but the participation of these international organizations worries environmentalists and the Moskitia Council members
Not just the catholic church, Nicaragua is also attacking the indigenous people with increasing force, promoting Chinese mining extractivism in their territories, as denounced by the Platform of Indigenous and Afro-descendant Peoples of Nicaragua. The regime has handed over indigenous lands to Zhong Fu Development SA, a Beijing Zhong Fu Invest Group subsidiary. Among these, 14,000 hectares where the hill of Miramar is located is "a source of drinking water and energy for the Sahsa community and for whose defense the families have protested without being heard." As well as another 1,400 hectares "against the will of indigenous people and Afro-descendants who are persecuted and expelled by violence," denounced INANA-IAP. The indigenous peoples of these areas first suffered the illegal occupation of their lands. Now, in support of the invasion of indigenous lands, the government "invests in infrastructure for those who have recently arrived to colonize and extract our resources. This is a plan against the entire Moskitia (The heart of the Mesoamerican biological corridor between Nicaragua and Honduras, ed), with the displacement of entire communities and the deforestation of our forests."
Meanwhile, the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega has involved two United Nations agencies in consultations with indigenous communities on the Bioclima project. Ortega's goal is to meet the requests of the Green Climate Fund (FVC) Secretariat to unlock a million-dollar disbursement.
The agencies involved as 'observers' are the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the World Food Program (WFP). The participation of these international organizations worries environmentalists and the Moskitia Council members.