PBI-Honduras has posted:
“We accompanied ARCAH to the community of Jiniguare, in the municipality of Ojojona, where we had the opportunity to listen to the collective concern about the construction of the Jiniguare Dam. The construction of this dam would cause the people living in the area to displace.
From PBI we express our concern for the displacement of the Lenca community of Jiniguare and emphasize the importance of respecting the open council, where the community declared against dam projects on its territory.”
The Jiniguare dam
In October 2024, Bnamericas reported: “A contract has been signed for construction of the long-awaited Jiniguare dam in Honduras and the works could begin in the coming months, local authorities announced.”
That article adds: “Financing will soon be secured and the project’s environmental studies are underway, according to [Central District Mayor Jorge] Aldana.”
Peace Brigades International is aware that UK Export Finance (UKEF) is considering loaning support to the parties involved in the Jiniguare dam project.
Accompaniment
The Honduran Alternative for Community and Environmental Vindication (ARCAH) is a space for community articulation and an anti-capitalist, anti-racist, anti-patriarchal, anti-colonialist and anti-classist social movement that seeks to defend territories and common goods from any project that threatens the peace and cosmovision of communities.
Peace Brigades International has accompanied ARCAH since September 2022.
Further reading: PBI-Honduras accompanies ARCAH as it files a complaint against the privatization of water and the construction of dams (PBI-Canada, December 8, 2022).
