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Illegal sanctions: Nicaragua v. Guatemala and Honduras When and why the US, and other rich-powerful countries, intervene in other countries
Below: “Sanctions May Impoverish Nicaraguans, but Likely Will Not Change their Vote”, by John Perry, NACLA, August 6, 2021
Maya Q’eqchi’ plaintiffs in landmark Hudbay Minerals lawsuits remain resolute, 11 years and counting
Eleven years after the Hudbay lawsuits were initiated in Toronto courts; after 18 months of increased suffering and hardship due to Covid-19, and Hurricanes Eta and Iota that walloped eastern Guatemala and northern Honduras in October 2020; after the death of a plaintiff in 2020 – Elena Choc Quib – due to ovarian cancer, the 13 Q’eqchi’ plaintiffs (Elena now represented by her eldest daughter) remain determined to see the Hudbay lawsuits to the end, no matter how much long they may continue.
ACPC re-building sustainable communities in the aftermath of genocide, in the age of increasing environmental harms and climate heating
In the mountains of Rabinal, Baja Verapaz, the Asociacion de Comites de Produccion Comunitaria (ACPC) works home to home, village to village, to re-build community self-sufficiency in the aftermath of the Guatemalan State genocide against the Maya Achi people in the 1980s. The 1999, UN Truth Commission concluded that the US-backed Guatemalan military carried out genocide against for Maya regions of the country, including the Achi people of Rabinal.
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Guatemalan anti-corruption prosecutor flees into exile “I can now say that everything [Attorney General Consuelo] Porras has done is shady”
26 years after the signing of the so-called “Peace Accords”, Guatemala continues to be ruled by exploitative, repressive business elites and corrupt, military-backed governments that are “democratic allies” of and maintain full military/ economic/ political relations with the U.S., Canada and so-called international community.
Further crackdown on rule of law in Guatemala
Guatemala's top anti-corruption prosecutor was forced to flee the country. This follows on threats against and forced ouster of other judges and public prosecutors; that follows upon the forced ouster of CICIG (the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala).
Guatemala continues to be a very profitable place to do business for global food-export, mining, hydro-electric energy and garment ‘sweatshop’ companies, and remains a staunch “democratic allie” of the U.S. and Canada.
Azacualpa villagers encampment blocking illegal operation of U.S. mining company Aura Minerals (and Honduran subsidiary MINOSA) since June 27
Azacualpa Environmental Committee responds to questions from Rights Action
Pueblo de Azacualpa en campamento permanente, bloqueando operacion ilegal de la minera estadounidense Aura Minerals (y su filial Hondureno MINOSA) desde el 27 de junio
El Comite Ambiental de Azacualpa responde a preguntas de Rights Action
Pre-consulta no se puede realizar hasta que se suspenda operacion del proyecto minero Fénix de la compania Suisa Solway Investment Group/CGN
Solway Investment Group y CGN (Compania Guatemalteca de Niquel) siguen operando ilegalmente a la mina Fenix, con el pleno apoyo del gobierno de Guatemala y del Municipio de El Estor
Former military-backed President of Honduras, Porfirio Lobo, blocked from entering U.S. due to drug-trafficking corruption
In a profoundly deceitful statement, Antony Blinken, head of U.S. State Department, said: "Corrupt acts of former Honduran President Lobo undermined democracy in Honduras. … We stand #UnitedAgainstCorruption with our partners in Honduras."
July 18 - 1st anniversary of forced kidnapping & disappearance of four Garifuna Indigenous land & rights defenders in Honduras
The four men – Garifuna land defenders - were forcibly disappeared from their families and community by agents of the military-backed, drug-trafficking Honduran government that (ever since the 2009 coup ousted Honduras’ last democratically elected government) maintains full economic and military relations with the US, Canada and European Union, World Bank, IDB and IMF, and many global companies and investors.