Cali, Francisco.
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Changing Guatemala’s agricultural economy : the highlandpeasant committee / Francisco Cali ; interviewed by Bob DeBolt.
Francisco Cali, co-founder of the Highland Peasant Committee (CCDA) discusses the increased repression of the 1990’s in Guatemala. Because of government pressure, the peasants grow non-traditional export crops instead of food, so that the country has to import corn and beans. As a result, 90% of the population lives in poverty. He calls for help…