Government Tourism pushes Garifuna off their land of 200 years
In the Honduran Garifuna community of Barra Vieja, an eloquent spokesperson educates the “Root Causes of Migration” group as one member of the delegation records and another takes notes. – Photo: Root Causes Delegation In the early 1800s, the government of Honduras awarded 2,500 acres of ancestral land to the Garifuna, descendants of shipwrecked and/or escaped African slaves. The land titles given to the Garifuna communities on the coast of Honduras state that the collective lands cannot be transferred to an outsider, but many Garifuna territories suffer from multiple ownership claims. The Garifuna are struggling to maintain their land. Canadian millionaire is developing a tourist paradise on Garifuna land Randy Jorgensen, the “ Canadian porn king ” because he made a fortune with his chain of adult video stores in Canada, moved to Trujillo, Honduras , heart of Garifuna land, in 2007 to develop tourism in Trujillo. He began buying land for real estate development in gated ...