There are two kinds of interests that are benefiting from the displacement of common workers in Honduras. One of these is large landowners who are developing industries, particularly around African palm oil and minerals.
In the Lenca traditional indigenous territory of Honduras, communities are being forced out of their locations by the development of gold mining and hydro-electric projects. The government has passed legislation that now allows the direct sale of most of the resources of Honduras to international companies, resources that were previously much more protected.
Where peasants have tried to hold the line against these kinds of displacements, the private landowners have mobilized their own militias, and the Honduran police have assisted, as well as the Honduran army, in moving peasants off of what have traditionally been their lands—