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A girl cries as her home and neighboring shanty town is forcefully dismantled after the Honduras government claimed the settlement illegal in Tegucigalpa on July 20, 2012.
By Spencer Platt / Getty Images
Land disputes are becoming increasingly frequent in Honduras. This trend alarms the nation's business class and sows fear of increased political violence. In a nation where 72 percent of the poorest landowners hold only 11.6 percent of cultivated land, tensions are rising as the poor have few places to go and little opportunities for productive employment.
A man dismantles his shack during an eviction on July 20.
A woman dismantles her shack as military personnel move through during an eviction on July 20.
A woman is carried after fainting as her home and neighborhood are forcefully dismantled in a shanty town eviction on July 20.
Residents dismantle their shack during an eviction on July 20.
Honduran army personnel watch as residents dismantle their shacks during an eviction on July 20.
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Must be so devastating to lose what you consider your home. I noticed that although the people are obviously very poor, they carry a quiet dignity, looking groomed and wearing clean clothes. They made do with what they had--and now they must start over. Very sad.
What kind of a government allows this to happen......So sad...the HUGE tobacco and fruit and vegetable companies that profit off their lands should donate a percentage of their profits to fund a community for them to live in....
What kind of government allows this to happen to it's people!?..........Perhaps they should require those powerful tobacco and fruit and vegetable companies that profit largely off of their land to give a small percentage of their profits to fund a community for these very poor people...........
A child needs and deserves a stable home. I'll pray for them.
Why does the world no longer offer land, so at least the poor could farm to feed themselves?
It would make a lot of sense for the government (all governments) to donate small plots of land for subsistence farming -- at least then everyone would eat.
Let's pray that type of environment does not become a reality in this country. The way we are borrowing our àssès off for everything we have today, I would not be surprised to see this happen in the US.
Who is bankrolling the Honduran government, arming that government and training those soldiers? You get one guess...
Mike Levinson
New York