(Street art depicting the violent reprisal against the Maya Q’eqchi’ communities of El Estor. Including the peaceful Indigenous mining resistance who faced violent reprisal of state forces, including the use of tear gas and the Maya Q’eqchi’ community of Chinebal, El Estor, who experienced the theft of their ancestral [...]
Written by Este Guatemala’s dry season is once again coming to an end, making way for the rains that will spring forward another cycle of crops, life, and resistance. As we have reported in previous weeks through updates on the top stories making the news in Guatemala, major concerns swirl [...]
Since July 6 I have had the opportunity to accompany the trial of seven men, including several indigenous Maya Q'anjob'al authorities, who are facing charges related to their resistance to mining and hydro-electric projects in their territory. They are not the first people to be criminalized for their resistance to [...]
February 3, 2015 Guatemala City by Jackie McVicar Today's hearing to submit evidence in the criminal case against Tahoe Resources' former head of security, Alberto Rotondo, was suspended until March 10 at 9am. Rotondo is accused of ordering private security to shoot 7 community activists who were peacefully protesting outside [...]
First Publised in the Media Coop: http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/silver-bullet/18163 Silver Bullet Canadian mine in Guatemala brings violence, militarization by Valerie Croft Checkpoint between San Rafael Las Flores and Mataquescuintla, during the first day of a declared state of siege in four municipalities due to a violent mining conflict in the region [...]
mining.com http://www.mining.com/ontario-securities-commission-asked-to-probe-tahoe-resources-for-alleged-violence-in-guatemala-79241/ Cecilia Jamasmie | June 3, 2013 Ontario Securities Commission asked to probe Tahoe Resources for alleged violence in Guatemala El Escobal silver project in Guatemala. Transnational organization Justice and Corporate Accountability Project (JCAP) said Monday it has submitted a complaint to Canada's Ontario Securities Commission regarding Tahoe Resources’ [...]
WE CONDEMN THE USE OF A STATE OF SIEGE TO RESOLVE THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS DERIVED FROM THE IMPOSITION OF A CANADIAN MINING COMPANY. Today, May 2, 2013 at 12am, a State of Siege came into effect in the municipalities of San Rafael Las Flores and Casillas in the department of [...]
