The Negative Impact Of The Mayan Evacuation

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Every negative impact that was created it could have been avoided, if every single step towards, during and at the end of the construction could have been done accordingly to the original plans provided to the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. They had all the good intentions to help with the development of the country. However; the government had different plans.
The infrastructure to relocate the communities could have been done as planned, respecting the people during the evacuation could have avoided so much death and torture.
Since the Conquistador’s time, the Mayan’s human rights had been violated and up to this day, there still discrimination towards them. Guatemala’s government up to this day has been inevitably

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