Newsday, NY
Hundreds of angry farmers seized Guatemala's largest hydroelectric dam Tuesday, threatening to shut off power to large parts of the country unless the government agrees to return nearby lands to them. The farmers forced their way into the Chixoy dam complex in the northern province of Alta Verapaz. The National Electricity Institute, which runs the facility, expropriated that land and gave residents other plots. However, the estimated 500 farmers say they were given land of inferior quality. President Oscar Berger urged the farmers to hand over the dam, saying, "This is no way to negotiate or solve conflicts."
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