In Rixaruh, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, 50 Mayan communities are denouncing the authorities for slighting the alternative market they established. Founded in 2009 with the support of the local municipality, the market is a grass roots initiative in which peasant farmers can sell their own products. However, the peasant farmers charge that they have lost official support as a result of their protests last year against the Monsanto Law. teleSUR
