Extractivism as a major land grabbing strategy for new developments. Social conflicts in the tourist region of Bahia de Tela, Honduras

Abstract

The article addresses the threat of displacement and violence against the local population – Garifuna in Honduras, in the context of development processes based on intensive exploitation of natural resources. It assumes that the people of Garifuna are subjected to the processes of rugging out of the occupied lands and pushing them to the margins of economic life in the tourist region, where the authorities, while not respecting community property rights, use violence and persecution to take control of their territory. The aim of this article is to analyze the case of the Bahia de Tela region on the Caribbean Sea in the context of the often implemented policy of extravagance in developing countries.