La imposición de un modelo energético neoliberal: los complejos Oxec y Renace en territorio maya q’eqchi’

This article discusses the socio-ecological impacts of the privatization and extractivist development model that has been imposed in Guatemala since the 1990s, in the regional context of the Puebla-Panama Plan. Specifically, it analyses the case of the Oxec and Renace hydroelectric complexes in Alta Verapaz. Built on the rivers Cahabón and Ox-eek’, sacred to the Mayan Q’eqchi’ peoples these projects directly undermine the economic and cultural life of communities. By the way they are imposed, they violate the right to consultation of indigenous peoples, destroy the community social fabric, and lead to great conflict materialized in aggression, criminalization and the deepening of sexist relations. Finally, the article raises awareness of the work of indigenous organizations and resistances in defending their rights and territory.