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58 David LaGesse, Mexico's Robust Wind Energy Prospects Ruffle Nearby Villages
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60 See LaGesse, supra note 58.
61 See Emilio Godoy, Rural Mexican Communities Protest Wind Farms , Inter
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62 See Peterson, supra note 57.
63 As of August 2013, one Mexican peso was valued at less than $.08 in U.S.
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64 See Emilio Godoy, supra note 61.
65 See Peterson, supra note 57.
66 International Development Exchange, Oaxaca Wind Farm Urgent Action (Feb.
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67 Jennifer M. Smith, Indigenous Communities in Mexico Fight Corporate
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69 Id.
70 See id.
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72 See International Development Exchange, supra note 66.
73 See id.
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77 See, e.g ., Charlotte Shipman, Maori Water Rights Claim at Supreme Court ,
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78 Shelley Bridgeman, Who Owns the Wind?, New Zealand Herald (Sept.
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