The San Gabriel plant and the San Juan Sacatepéquez conflict
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- Foreign investment, in figures
- not audited
Cementos Progreso's San Gabriel plant, in San Juan Sacatepéquez, began construction in 2013 and opened in 2019, amid a persistent conflict with Kaqchikel communities that includes environmental complaints and threats against community leaders documented from the outset. The source (Wikipedia) does not specify the investment amount; figures of around US$730 million circulate in the press, but the dossier expressly says not to cite them without a source. It is local capital, relevant as a case of social conflict in a large-scale industrial project.
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- Start of construction, San Gabriel plant
- 2013
- Opening of the San Gabriel plant
- 2019
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