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"Close the sweatshops or we close the hospitals"
There is nothing easy about Covid-19. Mixing this global pandemic with US and Canadian support for a military-backed, corrupt, ‘open-for-global-business’ regime does NOT work out well for the majority in Honduras.
Honduras Covid-19 update from Edwin Espinal, former political prisoner who remains criminalized by regime
(Janet Spring (Edwin’s mother-in-law) writes: Edwn Espinal gives an update on the situation in Honduras. Find my latest Springwater News article below, which also reports on the food distribution programs that SCHRM is sponsoring. Thanks to the many donors who have donated to these important projects. I also report on Canadian mining and sweatshop practices that are compromising the health of their communities of workers.)
Canadian gov’t, financial & mining industries ‘getting on with normal’
‘The trouble with normal
is it always gets worse’
(Well known bard)
Aura Minerals mining with drug-trafficking linked companies in Honduras, in times of Covid19
It was reported July 7, 2020, that the owners of INCOBE, a Honduran heavy machinery company partnered with US and Canadian mining company Aura Minerals, must remain in pre-trial detention. They are accused of involvement with drug-trafficking organized crime.
Mayan “ruins” and territories in Guatemala could become US-funded & controlled tourism money scheme
In the harsh times of Covid19 in Guatemala, a country dominated by a corrupt, racist, military-backed, ‘open-for-global-business’ regime – fully supported by US and Canada, World Bank and IMF, a US-led consortium of investors seek to privatize Mayan territories and “ruins” for tourism adventures for mainly European and North American holiday travelers.
Honduras 2009-2020 11 years of U.S./Canadian-backed dictator, repression, exploitation 11 years of resistance and solidarity
"The government can't combat corruption because corruption is the government"
11 years, and counting, of repressive, corrupt, ‘open-for-global-business’ regimes in Honduras,
backed and legitimized fully by the U.S., Canada and the “international community”.
Spread of Covid-19 is terrifying in Honduras, but biggest concerns are hunger and regime violence
As the U.S. and Canadian governments battle Covid19 inside our borders (admittedly in quite different ways), our governments maintain full support for the military-backed, narco-trafficking, ‘open-for-global-business’ regime in power in Honduras that is impoverishing its own population, using military and police repression to enforce quarantines.
Fork in road for Canadian foreign policy: Deepen ties with Washington, Five Eyes and NATO, or change course?
Ottawa Citizen article by Bianca Mugyenyi
In the midst of Covid19, Canadians debate “going back to normal” versus implementing real changes inside our borders related to: on-going legacies of colonialism and racism; systemic exploitation and economic inequality across the country; fossil fuels or a green way forward; on-going police and RCMP violence or real legal accountability and reform; etc.
Guatemalan court confirms illegality of mine owned by Solway Investment Group (previously by Hudbay Minerals/Skye Resources)
The Constitutional Court of Guatemala has ordered the immediate suspension of the “Fenix” nickel mining operation, concluding that the mine (owned by Solway Investment Group, 2011-present; by Hudbay Minerals/Skye Resources, 2005-2011) has been operating illegally since 2005.
Aura Minerals linked threats against Azacualpa villager Maria Ermita Rodriguez, in times of Covid1
Two days after the Azacualpa Environmental Committee denounced the open-pit, cyanide-leeching mining operation of Aura Minerals and increased risk of spread of Covdi19 …
One day after the Azacualpa Environmental Committee –including Maria Ermita Rodriguez– collaborated with ASONOG to provide Covid19 related emergency food relief to local villagers