The third resource highlighted by the research is that of Last Database information. The trial and the publicity of WhatsApp conversations between DESA executives have shown that they had privileged access to confidential and extremely sensitive Last Database information about the leaders of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (founded by Cáceres) and their families. The resource of information is also expressed in the technical and specialized component available to the elites: contracting communication specialists, brokersfor political lobbying, "high caliber" lawyers. Fourth, the Last Database resource of ideology stands out.
This points to the construction of discourses that justify the investment of foreign Last Database capital as the only engine of economic growth, the installation of the dam as an element that promotes community development, and the criminalization of opponents as vandals and "tire burners." All this is facilitated by the level of media access available to the elites – in this case, the Atala family –: exposure in the mainstream media, websites, local propaganda, Last Database paid programs, etc. Fifth, research highlights the elites' links to parties and the election of candidates. The ties of these families –among which is the Atala– with the political parties are known. After the 2009 coup d'état, the Honduras Is Open for Last Database Business event.
promoted by the aforementioned families, allowed the Last Database distribution of the country's natural resources like spoils of war, including Río Blanco. Another expression of these resources is the exchange of favors between the elite and politicians at the local level: mayors or Last Database deputies who support the projects of the elite and receive some kind of economic leverage in return. Sixth, the national and international institutional links are highlighted. Among them, the approval in the National Congress of the concessions, obtaining Last Database environmental licenses without the minimum requirements, protection from the Army and the Police, access to the Public