{"id":10855,"date":"2021-12-06T00:47:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T00:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/na-lupita-woman-of-the-clouds-in-front-of-the-wind\/"},"modified":"2022-04-05T13:02:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T13:02:05","slug":"na-lupita-woman-of-the-clouds-in-front-of-the-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/en\/na-lupita-woman-of-the-clouds-in-front-of-the-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"N\u00e1 Lupita, woman of the clouds in front of the wind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10855\" class=\"elementor elementor-10855\">\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-494c265 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"494c265\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-651a331\" data-id=\"651a331\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59903e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"59903e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/anaiz-zamora-y-greta-rico\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Anaiz-Mexico-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-9435\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Anaiz-Mexico-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Anaiz-Mexico-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Anaiz-Mexico.png 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c44c83d\" data-id=\"c44c83d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a44ff6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a44ff6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/anaiz-zamora-y-greta-rico\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fotografa-mexico-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-9350\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fotografa-mexico-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fotografa-mexico-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fotografa-mexico.png 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8fc43e1 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"8fc43e1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af8b7f3\" data-id=\"af8b7f3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67b2f6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67b2f6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Baloo 2', sans-serif; font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: 1.8px; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #006d55;\"><span style=\"font-size: 35px;\">anaiz zamora y greta rico<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #006d55; font-family: 'Baloo 2', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: 1.8px; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;\">(m\u00e9xico)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b820871 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"b820871\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ef4948\" data-id=\"5ef4948\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-511fe7c animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"511fe7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p><b>Guadalupe Ram\u00edrez is a woman who comes from the clouds. The strength with which she defends her territory is comparable to that of the wind from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the Oaxacan region in the south of Mexico she inhabits and defends. In addition to guarding the land, she protects the air that is capable of overturning trucks carrying 30 tons of merchandise and attracts transnational companies, which, under the guise of creating sustainable energy, violate human rights that the Mexican state only seems to protect on paper.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8334a85 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8334a85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;lightSpeedIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e46e6c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"3e46e6c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-914d4f5\" data-id=\"914d4f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-631f499 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"631f499\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Originally from one of the villages in the region, Uni\u00f3n Hidalgo, a decade ago (at the age of 60), Guadalupe began teaching herself everything she could about wind energy, international law, agrarian law, and the obligations of the state towards indigenous communities. She decided she would have to be informed to be able to compete against the wind energy companies.<\/p>\n<p>Like the neighboring villages, Uni\u00f3n Hidalgo is a community of indigenous Zapotecs who call themselves Binni\u2019zaa (people who come from the clouds) and use the term N\u00e1 to refer to older women. Not only because of her age, but also because of her active role in various community processes, Guadalupe is known as N\u00e1 Lupita and many of her colleagues describe her as a brave woman who inspires others to continue fighting.<\/p>\n<p>So far, she has scored one major victory: preventing Desarrollos E\u00f3licos Mexicanos (DEMEX) from putting up wind turbines on the community\u2019s land. In addition, in 2021, together with her community, N\u00e1 Lupita took on \u00c9lectricit\u00e9 de France (EDF), which is attempting to set up the Gunna Sicar\u00fa wind farm. She is conducting a two-pronged defense: a lawsuit with a French Court and an injunction ordering the Energy Ministry to conduct a proper indigenous consultation.<\/p>\n<p>She has also challenged the Mexican state, which ratifies international agreements yet does not fulfill them. The installation of wind farms in the region violates the Convenio 169 of the International Labor Organization (ILO), guaranteeing the right of indigenous peoples to prior, free and informed consultation. For International Law specialists such as Alejandra Ancheita, the recently ratified Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (The Escaz\u00fa Agreement), which among other measures, seeks to protect environmentalists so that they can act without threats or insecurity, runs the risk of becoming a dead letter. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c0efda elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"1c0efda\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3da02b7\" data-id=\"3da02b7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db0ab62 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"db0ab62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH04-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7902\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH04-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH04-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH04-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH04-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98ed740 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98ed740\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><b><i>Guadalupe Ram\u00edrez, 70, has been defending her territory from wind companies for a decade. Photography: Greta Rico<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b15afc0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"b15afc0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e69e38\" data-id=\"7e69e38\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c0aeb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c0aeb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>In the late 1990s, \u201csome very odd weathervanes\u201d began to crop up in the landscape N\u00e1 Lupita saw when she left her community. White turbine towers multiplied rapidly in the region. In 1994, the parque piloto conocido como La Venta was set up in Juchit\u00e1n, a town just 20 minutes from Uni\u00f3n Hidalgo.<\/p>\n<p>It was not until 2011 that N\u00e1 Lupita and her husband, Juan Regalado, found out that they were wind turbines. One day, DEMEX, a subsidiary of the Spanish company, Renovalia Energy (recently acquired by the American Investment Fund Cerberus), and a result of the \u201ccommitment\u201d of the Bimbo baking company \u201cto work on a sustainable path for a better world, by investing in technology and innovation to reduce their environmental footprint,\u201d knocked on their door, offering them a lease. N\u00e1 Lupita and her husband were promised 15,000 pesos a year in exchange for allowing the company to set up wind turbines on their land.<\/p>\n<p>The promises included the fact that they would be able to continue sowing, since the land would not lose its productive capacity and cattle could continue grazing. The couple decided to sign because \u201cthe lies they told us did not sound bad at first and they told us it would also benefit the community. At the time we did not realize that they only told us the good things about the project,\u201d explained N\u00e1 Lupita in an interview for this report.<\/p>\n<p>It did not take long for N\u00e1 Lupita \u201cto realize they had been duped.\u201d She began to see how heavy machinery destroyed everything in its path. \u201cThey did not fell the trees, they destroyed them. We could not even use them as firewood,\u201d recalls Rosalba, one of Lupita\u2019s fellow activists, who believes they did this to \u201cdestroy the evidence that we have a lot of diversity here in the region.\u201d The presence of flora and fauna in the area where the park was built was confirmed in the Estudio de Impacto Ambiental of the project.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the sadness they felt at seeing how \u201cin a little while, they turned the trees we had looked after for so many years into dust,\u201d another discovery that led Lupita and her husband to ask for the contract to be canceled was when they went to Financiera Rural to renew the loan that enabled them to buy sorghum seed for planting and found that the company had already mortgaged their land, as if it were the owner, to finance construction of the Piedra Larga wind farm, also located in Uni\u00f3n Hidalgo. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c13b9be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"c13b9be\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b677ce7\" data-id=\"b677ce7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a680cbb elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a680cbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH03-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7903\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH03-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8dd89dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"8dd89dd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad6c528\" data-id=\"ad6c528\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a236e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a236e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Repealing those contracts was no easy task. After failing to obtain a response from the company, they tried to talk to the governor of Oaxaca. All the affected owners organized to rent a truck and make the six-hour journey separating Uni\u00f3n Hidalgo from the center of the state together. Although they went twice, the governor never received them. \u201cWe realized we needed to find a lawyer to help us. It was not just us; another 20 owners were also dissatisfied and so the Resistance Committee was born.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Juan Antonio L\u00f3pez, coordinator of transitional justice in ProDESC, is one of the lawyers who accompany the community. He explains that in 1954, Uni\u00f3n Hidalgo declared itself an agrarian community, as a result of which the lands are communal rather than private property. This means that leasing contracts must be conducted in accordance with agrarian rather than civil law. This has not been done in any of the 28 wind farms now located in the Oaxacan Isthmus, since it would require the entire community to agree with the construction. \u201cThat is not in the interests of any company, which is why they decided to hire public notaries to help them,\u201d explains the lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>N\u00e1 Lupita learned to defend the land from an early age, when her father had to take on \u201ca lawyer who wanted to take away everything he owned.\u201d Her father won and she learned \u201cthat it is possible to win if you don&#8217;t give up the fight even when the going gets tough.\u201d Another thing she inherited from her father is her strong character, which has enabled her to form part of the resistance in a community where political participation is usually the province of men.<\/p>\n<p>N\u00e1 Lupita\u2019s self-education began when DEMEX arrived in Uni\u00f3n Hidalgo. \u201cTo think we did not even know there are Conventions that protect us as indigenous peoples.\u201d She read all the information ProDESC sent her and asked, \u201ca lot of questions to improve my understanding.\u201d During the construction of the Piedra Larga I and II wind farms, the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (ILO Convention 169), in force in Mexico since 1990, was completely ignored by the Mexican government, as no consultation was made.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, N\u00e1 Lupita engaged in her first legal battle, when the disgruntled landowners filed a complaint with the Unitary Agrarian Court of Tuxtepec (Oaxaca) requesting the nullity of the contracts that had been signed with DEMEX, arguing that they had no value because they had not been signed within agrarian law. Although the magistrate admitted that there is a communal regime in Uni\u00f3n Hidalgo in 2016, he did not rule in favor of the community, arguing that the company \u201chad not been notified that this regime existed,\u201d explained the lawyer. ProDESC protected itself against the resolution, but the case has yet to be resolved.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-32917fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"32917fe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aea549e\" data-id=\"aea549e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b1d1bd elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6b1d1bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH26-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7904\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH26-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH26-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH26-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH26-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH26-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a86b07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a86b07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><b><i>Both Mrs. Guadalupe Ram\u00edrez, &#8216;Na Lupita&#8217;, and other people in the community managed to prevent the wind turbines from being installed on their land. For this reason, both in the Demex wind farm and in others on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, empty spaces are observed along the wind farm. Photography: Greta Rico<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-90cb677 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"90cb677\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf1ce77\" data-id=\"bf1ce77\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aefca8a animated-slow elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"aefca8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;bounceIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6dfada3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"6dfada3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a58502d\" data-id=\"a58502d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a87e92c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a87e92c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>N\u00e1 Lupita has already scored a victory. Just before the Agrarian Court issued that first ruling, in 2015, DEMEX rescinded the contracts of seven owners, including hers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef497fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef497fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>The company was afraid of being given a sentence that would be disadvantageous for it, which is why they rescinded the contract. \u201cThey did not build anything on those lands, which is already a great triumph, and it was possible thanks to the fact that she was dissatisfied and told her colleagues,\u201d explained Juan Antonio<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c9e37f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"c9e37f9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc555c8\" data-id=\"bc555c8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30827a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30827a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>At the moment, the family ranch is surrounded by wind turbines, but has not been invaded. Instead of metal towers, N\u00e1 Lupita has fields of sorghum, corn and beans and continues to watch the growth of the fruit trees, which the chickens help fertilize, while her animals have plenty of room to graze.<\/p>\n<p>The gusts of wind on the Isthmus have the strength of category two and three hurricanes, meaning that the area has the second largest wind energy potential in the world. This is well known by companies which, in addition to not sharing their income with the communities, do not share the energy they generate either. The Mexican government is also aware of this since el sexenio del presidente Felipe Calder\u00f3n no ha cesado de otorgar licitaciones. As a result, the soundscape previously dominated by birds now comprises the ceaseless whirr of the blades of over 2,000 wind turbines that have been installed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want to go through here, you can&#8217;t, or over there, you have to go around the entire village. There are guards everywhere, protecting the entrances to the wind farms, even though the land is still supposed to belong to the owners. They\u2019ve got me pegged,\u201d says N\u00e1 Lupita as she drives her truck down the narrow dirt road, the only one that now enables her to reach the ranch she defended from the Spanish company. Along the paths and roads of Uni\u00f3n Hidalgo, the wind turbines feel closer than in other communities in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec; some were set up less than 800 meters from people\u2019s homes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While N\u00e1 Lupita was trying to have her contract rescinded, a French company was preparing its arrival in the village to set up a new wave of \u201cmetal and fans.\u201d In 2017, the Energy Regulatory Commission issued the permiso E\/1922\/GEN\/2017 so that Electricit\u00e9 de France (EDF) could generate wind power for 30 years. At that time, according to the stages for the installation of a wind farm, the company already had the studies confirming the energy potential and an environmental impact study. In addition, following the example of other wind energy companies, it had already signed lease contracts after changing the legal status of the land from communal to private property.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Lupita had learned from the previous trial that those contracts should have respected the communal nature of the land and that the approval or rejection of the project was the responsibility of the Assembly of Common Landowners. Ever since assemblies and meetings began to be convened to discuss this new process, she and her cousin Rosario attended them and decided to speak and actively participate in the resistance movement. Together with other women, they formed the Committee of \u201cGubi\u00f1a Women in Defense of Life&#8221; (Gubi\u00f1a is the term for residents of Uni\u00f3n Hidalgo), from which they organized to provide information to the people in their town, going from door to door when necessary, and to translate everything that was not understood into Zapotec.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although she engages in other activities during the day, including caring for her husband, whose illness has progressed during the years of resistance, N\u00e1 Lupita has always been willing to go to the briefings, as she does not want companies to take advantage of social inequality.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a98d3c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"6a98d3c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-08d25aa\" data-id=\"08d25aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e481998 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e481998\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH10-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7912\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH10-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a369bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"8a369bf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7a0520\" data-id=\"c7a0520\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad14608 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad14608\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>\u201cWe know that they take advantage of people\u2019s need. They come and only say nice things, that they are going to give them money and that they are going to have more work, but that is not true. The only thing that grows is the crime rate where a wind farm is installed,\u201d explains the defender of the land.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77ce514 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77ce514\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>The company&#8217;s strategies range from providing biased information to giving money to some of the residents or helping schools to gain the support of students. This has polarized residents, weakening the community fabric, and increasing risks and violence against those who defend the territory. For this reason, in October 2020, the Uni\u00f3n Hidalgo community, again accompanied by ProDESC, brought a legal action under \u201cLey Francesa de Vigilancia\u201d which obliges French companies to respect human rights in other territories where they plan to develop a project.<\/p>\n<p>This is a landmark case, since it is the first time an indigenous community in America has used the mechanism. The most favorable resolutions for Uni\u00f3n Hidalgo would not only be the cancellation of the project, but also comprehensive reparation for the human rights violations that have already been committed. N\u00e1 Lupita does not speak French, but she is going to participate in the hearing, because her grandmother taught her to defend those who are unable to do so, which is what she is doing in her village.<\/p>\n<p>EDF has already responded, arguing that it has not violated any human rights, since the organization obliged to undertake the consultation is the Mexican government. The first attempt by the state to conduct this consultation without fully following the guidelines established by the ILO was in 2017. It planned a consultation that would last only three months and only the owners would participate. Matters were complicated by the fact that an 8.2 magnitude earthquake destroyed the community on September 7 that same year. ProDESC requested an injunction from a District Judge which was granted, ordering the Ministry of Energy (SENER) to conduct a consultation in accordance with the highest standards of the indigenous right to consultation and free, prior, and informed consent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey did not resume the consultation until 2018 and they continued even though not everything had been rebuilt,\u201d says N\u00e1 Lupita in the courtyard of her house that adjoins a house still in ruins after the earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>According to Minutas de las Sesiones informativas de la Consulta, some of the talks were attended by about 41 people, most of whom spoke Zapotec, and were given all the technical and ecological specifications of the project in Spanish. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1079294 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1079294\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>\u201cThey turned up, gave their presentation and started reading. Imagine everything person can say in 30 minutes. Once I said, we are going to ask individual questions about what they have said&#8230; Tell me what a consultation is, what a wind energy company is, what this is (&#8230;.) At that moment all the old women (whom I pointed to) bowed their heads like when you\u2019re at school and you don\u2019t want the teacher to ask you. That\u2019s what it looked like.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85d19c4 animated-slow elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"85d19c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;bounceIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-805433d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"805433d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb6b249\" data-id=\"bb6b249\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2537da elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f2537da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH05-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7910\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH05-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH05-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH05-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cdeb28c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"cdeb28c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b9bf36\" data-id=\"6b9bf36\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8156ce4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8156ce4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>N\u00e1 Lupita is convinced that if they really want to provide all the necessary information, the authorities should go from neighborhood to neighborhood, talking to people and answering the same questions over and over again.<\/p>\n<p>During the consultation process, there have been reports of actions ignoring the guidelines defined by the injunction. For example, the process has been financed by the local government, company representatives have participated in the presidium and some workers and students have been forced to attend the sessions.<\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 pandemic put an end to the procedure, but in July 2021, SENER quiere renovar el proceso it was resumed, without considering the increase in cases of infection or the number of deaths registered in the region. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-819e9c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"819e9c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>\u201cMany of the sessions have turned into bouts of shouting and insults, and there were even armed people there. They start shouting when I want to speak, but I stand there quietly, holding the microphone until they quieten down and start listening to me (&#8230;) the consultation process is important to see where we stand with EDF\u201d. N\u00e1 Lupita is worried that if EDF begins construction, \u201cThen the other companies that have already set their sights on Hidalgo will start coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-96b8569 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"96b8569\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ffbc56\" data-id=\"7ffbc56\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f87b4c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f87b4c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Lupita has no plans to stop being involved in activism, even though her husband\u2019s health has deteriorated, and he suffered a pre-infarction at the age of 69. Every day she wakes up at five a.m. so she \u201chas time to get things done\u201d and visits her garden that smells of jasmine in the morning. Unlike the wind energy companies and certain politicians, she knows that the land is noble, \u201cThey tell us that the lands are infertile, that it is barren land and that they are eventually going to be used by the wind energy companies, but that is not true,\u201d she says in her backyard, where papayas even grow in flowerpots.<\/p>\n<p>In her community, N\u00e1 Lupita not only defends and promotes the care and rescue of natural assets, but is also a cautious promoter of religious festivities, ancestral traditions and the accompaniment of other women who wish to become part of the resistance movement and the struggle, &#8220;This is the job we were called to do, and I want to continue doing it as long as God gives me strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some people say Lupita and her companions are \u201copposed to development\u201d and are \u201canti-wind energy,\u201d while others use the microphones to shout and prevent their participation, and still others believe that \u201cfollowing N\u00e1 Lupe is dangerous.\u201d Once they tried to kidnap her. Her husband was tied up twice in his own business, but they did not steal anything, so they think it was an attempt to intimidate them.<\/p>\n<p>But N\u00e1 Lupe does not hesitate to put everything she has at the disposal of the movement and her community, from the time she spends cooking, inviting people to meetings and being an activist, to her truck so that a group of neighbors or journalists can travel or even her house so they can hold meetings and conversations. This is borne out by her patio, which has enough stacked chairs to be turned into an auditorium that can seat at least 25 people.<\/p>\n<p>That integrity and willingness were also on display in the 2017 earthquake, when the community was destroyed and N\u00e1 Lupita\u2019s truck was used to sleep outside, drive to the nearest community to fetch food, and supplies and transport the tools and material required to help those who had lost everything.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-87cb700 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"87cb700\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1996cac\" data-id=\"1996cac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b2b83c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9b2b83c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH22-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7911\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH22-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH22-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH22-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH22-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GretaRico_UH22-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a16e77 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"1a16e77\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cab6416\" data-id=\"cab6416\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-378f2d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"378f2d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>When an organization donated a community kitchen for Uni\u00f3n Hidalgo, N\u00e1 Lupita did not hesitate to accept it and allow it to be built on one of her plots of land. That kitchen served up to 100 breakfasts and 100 lunches a day to those who did the reconstruction work, and subsequently became a source of income for some of the women who had organized. The pandemic put an end to the dining room project but opened a window to use the space as a community COVID-19 information center.<\/p>\n<p>Those who have accompanied Na Lupe in her development process, consulted for this story, have even seen her present her case at national and international human rights forums. They think she has grown and lost her fear of public speaking, although the lack of response and resolution of the case has taken a heavy toll in emotional and family terms. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf800f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"bf800f8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fdb8524\" data-id=\"fdb8524\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99b3c60 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"99b3c60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9277ade elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9277ade\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p><i style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">This report is part of the\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Defenders of the Territory project<\/span>\u00a0sponsored by\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Climate Tracker<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">FES Transformacion.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7fe3af0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"7fe3af0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f7942ae\" data-id=\"f7942ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a993a27 animated-slow elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a993a27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;bounceIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5714a03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"5714a03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><center><\/p>\n<div style=\"width:488px; height:220px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DEfENSORAS-cabezote-Ingles.png\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width:488px; height: 78px;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/climatetracker.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/logo-climat-1.png\" width=130><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fes-transformacion.fes.de\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/defensorasdelterritorio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/logo-fes.png\" width=350><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51b0c69 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"51b0c69\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63ea117\" data-id=\"63ea117\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-233a5ec elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"233a5ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>anaiz zamora y greta rico (m\u00e9xico) Guadalupe Ram\u00edrez is a woman who comes from the clouds. The strength with which she defends her territory is comparable to that of the wind from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the Oaxacan region in the south of Mexico she inhabits and defends. 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