Centroamérica

Documental deja en evidencia la deforestación en Nicaragua por la industria ganadera

La selva tropical de aproximadamente 2.600 kilómetros cuadrados que se extiende hasta Costa Rica es refugio de biodiversidad y hogar sagrado del pueblo indígena rama. Pero a pesar de las protecciones legales, vio llegar cada vez más colonos

(FILES) Cattle are seen in feedlots before they are taken to the slaughterhouse in the city of Tipitapa, Nicaragua, 25 km from Managua, on January 26, 2018. Beginning in 2016, and over several years, filmmakers Camilo de Castro and Brad Allgood visited the Indio-Maiz Biological Reserve for a documentary about the threats of deforestation and indigenous rights violations.After violent protests erupted in the Central American nation in 2018 -- in part triggered by fury over the government's failure to tackle a massive fire in the reserve, lit by an illegal settler -- investigative journalist de Castro had to flee his home country. (Photo by INTI OCON / AFP)
(FILES) Cattle are seen in feedlots before they are taken to the slaughterhouse in the city of Tipitapa, Nicaragua, 25 km from Managua, on January 26, 2018. Beginning in 2016, and over several years, filmmakers Camilo de Castro and Brad Allgood visited the Indio-Maiz Biological Reserve for a documentary about the threats of deforestation and indigenous rights violations.After violent protests erupted in the Central American nation in 2018 -- in part triggered by fury over the government's failure to tackle a massive fire in the reserve, lit by an illegal settler -- investigative journalist de Castro had to flee his home country. (Photo by INTI OCON / AFP) INTI OCON

Los Angeles. Rodeado de árboles caídos y vacas lánguidas, el ganadero ilegal Chacalin inspecciona un claro en lo profundo de una de las selvas tropicales protegidas más grandes que quedan en Nicaragua.

"Cuando yo vine a este lugar, yo conocí que todo era reserva. (Me dije) yo voy a agarrar mi tuco (trozo) de tierra porque no lo compro, no pago. Entonces así lo estamos haciendo", dice ante la cámara con la cabeza gacha. "Si me sacan de aquí me pueden quitar la tierra, pero yo no pierdo dinero".

Desde 2016 y por varios años, los realizadores Camilo de Castro y Brad Allgood visitaron la Reserva Biológica Indio Maíz para realizar un documental sobre las amenazas de la deforestación y las violaciones de los derechos indígenas.

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