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March 13, 2020, marks 38th anniversary of Chixoy dam/Rio Negro massacres ; Skeletons in the closets of World Bank & Inter-American Development Bank
Grahame Russell Grahame Russell

March 13, 2020, marks 38th anniversary of Chixoy dam/Rio Negro massacres ; Skeletons in the closets of World Bank & Inter-American Development Bank

March 13, 2020, marks the 38th anniversary of the March 13, 1982, massacre of 177 Maya Achi children and women, at a spot known as ‘Pak-o-shom’, high in the mountains above Rio Negro, a village that had been nestled along the Chixoy river (also known as Rio Negro) for over 1000 years, before the violent, illegal construction the Chixoy hydro-electric dam (1975-1985).

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What links the Wet’suwet’en nation, “lima group” cartel & thousands of Hondurans and Guatemalans forced to flee yearly into exile?
Grahame Russell Grahame Russell

What links the Wet’suwet’en nation, “lima group” cartel & thousands of Hondurans and Guatemalans forced to flee yearly into exile?

Canadian oil and gas interests and actions on Wet’suwet’en territory: Who is doing what, and why, trying to illegally (and possibly violently) force oil and gas pipelines across Wet’suwet’en territory?

Canadian government, and oil, gas and mining policies and actions in Venezuela: Why, and for whose benefit, is Canada working to illegally intervene in, and support U.S.-led efforts to overthrow the democratic government of Venezuela?

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Guatemala backgrounder Who the U.S., Canada & “international community” do ‘business-as-usual’ with in Guatemala; Why 10s of 1000s of impoverished, fearful Guatemalans flee into exile, every year
Grahame Russell Grahame Russell

Guatemala backgrounder Who the U.S., Canada & “international community” do ‘business-as-usual’ with in Guatemala; Why 10s of 1000s of impoverished, fearful Guatemalans flee into exile, every year

In 1985, with the country in a deep economic crisis, Guatemala's military rulers announced a new economic package that included a rise in the measly taxes imposed on the business sector. The lobby that represented the most powerful businesses in the country was furious.

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Wet’suwet’en: We're not leaving
Grahame Russell Grahame Russell

Wet’suwet’en: We're not leaving

From pipelines across the Wet’suwet’en Nation, to mining, bananas and tourist enclaves in Guatemala and Honduras, who does the local-to-global economy benefit? Who and what suffer the harms and violence? Inside Canada and beyond our borders, "law and order" are enforced (often violently) to benefit who? Against who and what?

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