In September 2019, the Chamber of Agriculture denounced that because the area of usurped land in Guatemala has grown from 10,000 hectares to 164,000 hectares since the 1990s, losses in agricultural production caused by this phenomenon reached nearly $650 million last year.

Nicaragua is another country in the region that has reported invasion of productive lands, a situation that has intensified since the beginning of the political and social crisis. In November the businessmen claimed that since June last year, 28 properties in different areas of the country are still taken by groups of people related to the Ortega regime.

Honduras has not escaped this problem, as the Chamber of Commerce and Industries of the South (CCIS) issued a document denouncing the invasion of 3,400 manzanas of land.

From the CCIS statement dated November 28, 2019:

1. That as a trade union organization bringing together the private business sector of Choluteca, we have the firm purpose of defending the principles of free enterprise, the rule of law, the promotion of job creation and contributing to social peace.
2. That the conflict that is being generated by the invasion of 3,400 manzanas of land by private persons, lands in current production and that are private property of companies affiliated to this Chamber and dedicated to the industry of melon, cattle and sugar; is having as consequences at this moment the loss of employment, the decrease in the production and the uncertainty in the investment.
3. That by means of this statement we demand a timely and swift intervention by the Government of the Republic of Honduras so that through its judicial operators it can ensure the effective protection of the right to private property and thereby guarantee the legal security of the social enterprises of this House affected in this conflict and therefore its workers.

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