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Canada is the centre of global mining atrocities
From the Philippines, to Guatemala, Honduras and beyond, Canadian mining companies participate in and benefit from repression, corruption and impunity
U.S. Southern Command chief praises human rights programs of Honduran, El Salvadoran and Guatemalan militaries
In this short interview with Kawsachun News, U.S. Navy Adm. Craig Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command, praises U.S. assistance for human rights programs with military defense ministries in partner nations such as Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. Faller praises the militaries of each country for their human rights efforts and records.
Bluestone Resources tries to start up fraudulently licensed mine in Guatemala
Below: Madre Selva Collective denounces open pit mine in Guatemala of Bluestone Resources of Canada
“Exterminate All The Brutes” (HBO documentary series)
Rights Action recommends this four-part HBO documentary series (filmmaker Raoul Peck) that looks at the history and legacy of white, Christian-led, violent European imperialism and colonialism - and very specifically settler colonialism.
A “Micronation for Sale” in Roatan: Tourism imperialism on Caribbean shore of Honduras
“We started with a bit of land in Roatan, but maybe after a while we’ll have the whole island, then the neighboring islands and part of the continent, and then we become a country.”
(Christoph Heuermann, a Honduras Próspera investor. Source: https://twitter.com/WfPSolidCollect)
More lawsuits against Pan American Silver for human rights violations in Guatemala Canadian mining ‘business-as-usual’
Human rights violations and destruction of La Cuchilla village
The Constitutional Court of Guatemala, file 4146-2020, has ruled in favor of proceeding with lawsuits against the Canadian company Pan American Silver Corp. (formerly Tahoe Resources) - and its subsidiary Minera San Rafael - for human rights violations and destruction of the village of La Cuchilla, above Pan American Silver’s legally contested mining operation in San Rafael las Flores, Santa Rosa, Guatemala.
America’s criminal meddling in Central America driving now-permanent forced migrancy crisis
President Joe Biden advisor Juan Gonzalez recently said of the US relationship with the military-backed, drug-trafficking government of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez:
"He is the elected president of Honduras. We are going to work with his government, we are going to look for areas of common interest."
“The Rot in Honduras Goes to the Top” Background article about justice struggle for assassination of Berta Caceres
“A Rot in Honduras That Goes All the Way to the Top”, about the assassination of Berta Caceres and struggle for justice. The article is based substantially on Nina Lakhani’s recent book: “Who Killed Berta Caceres?”.
Assassination of Berta Caceres: Follow The Money to the Atala Family
Follow The Money to the Atala Family
The lawyers (acusador privado) representing Berta Cáceres’s family present additional evidence including documents outlining a bank transfer for over $1,254,000 USD authorized by DESA’s Chief Financial Officer, Daniel Atala, to Pemsa, the company directed by David Castillo (see pictures published by COPINH).
Justice in Honduras for assassination of Berta Caceres? Day 1: trial against David Castillo
Karen Spring is reporting daily from Honduras on trial against David Castillo, for the March 2, 2016 assassination of Berta Caceres.
Castillo is the ‘go between’ between his employers, the oligarchic Atala family that (in all likelihood) ordered and paid for the murder of Berta, and the team of assassins that planned and carried out the kill.