The Fourth Invasion: Decolonizing Histories, Extractivism, and Maya Resistance in Guatemala

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Giovanni Batz

The Fourth Invasion

Decolonizing Histories, Extractivism, and Maya Resistance in Guatemala

Giovanni Batz

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University of California Press
30 December 2024

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Based on more than a decade of ethnographic research, The Fourth Invasion examines an Ixil Maya community's movement against the construction of one of the largest hydroelectric plants in Guatemala. The arrival of the Palo Viejo hydroelectric plant (built by the Italian corporation Enel Green Power) to the municipality of Cotzal highlighted the ongoing violence inflicted on Ixils by outsiders and the Guatemalan state. Locals referred to the building of the hydroelectric plant as the ""new invasion"" or ""fourth invasion"" for its similarity to preceding invasions: Spanish colonization, the creation of the plantation economy, and the state-led genocide during the Guatemalan armed conflict. Through a historical account of cyclical waves of invasions and resistance in Cotzal during the four invasions, Giovanni Batz argues that extractivist industries are a continuation of a colonial logic of extraction based on the displacement and destruction of Indigenous Peoples' territories and values that has existed since the arrival of the Spanish in 1524. The current movements in Cotzal, rooted in a long history of resistance, counter dominant narratives of Indigenous Peoples that often portray them as ""conquered.""

By: Giovanni Batz
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9780520401730
ISBN 10: 0520401735
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 30 December 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Giovanni Batz (Maya K'iche') is Assistant Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Foreword by B’o’q’ol Q’esal Tenam K’usal (Alcaldía Indígena de Cotzal).

Reviews for The Fourth Invasion: Decolonizing Histories, Extractivism, and Maya Resistance in Guatemala

“A poignant and unflinching account. . . . Masterfully situates local struggles and Indigenous resistance against contemporary economic megaprojects within a broader historical framework of colonial invasions and structural violence.” * Anthropology Book Forum *