After they had offered the Declaration to the director of Prodesis and the head of the European Delegation in Mexico-City, some of those who signed the declaration were threatened by Prodesis staff: if they would stand by their signature, they would not receive any kind of government support anymore (like oportunidades or procampo).
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Like previous projects in the region, Prodesis was seen as a counter-insurgency project, designed to divide and rule.
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On February 9, 2007, 58 representants of communities in the Lacandon region, Chiapas, Mexico, signed the Declaration of Moxviquil in which they demanded a development project called Prodesis to be suspended.
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