Grahame Russell 8/17/21 Grahame Russell 8/17/21

Pan American Silver facing lawsuit in Guatemala for damages to property and life in village of La Cuchilla

In 2019, Pan American Silver (that purchased Tahoe Resources in 2019) chose, through a landmark lawsuit in Canada, to pay reparations to Guatemalan victims of Tahoe Resources’ mining repression and violence that occurred in 2013 (https://mailchi.mp/rightsaction/pan-american-silver-forced-to-offer-settlement-to-guatemala-victims-of-mining-repression).

Grahame Russell 8/13/21 Grahame Russell 8/13/21

“The Lima Group, that morally bankrupt, mongoose gang”

Zero oversight or legal accountability in Canada for illegal, failed ‘Lima Group’ efforts to help the U.S. overthrow government of Venezuela. Illegal U.S. and Canadian sanctions still in place

Grahame Russell 8/10/21 Grahame Russell 8/10/21

Maya Achi people in Rabinal: “A return to economies that existed before capitalism”

Below: “‘It could feed the world’: amaranth, a health trend 8,000 years old that survived colonization”, The Guardian article

Grahame Russell 8/7/21 Grahame Russell 8/7/21

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

Grahame Russell 8/4/21 Grahame Russell 8/4/21

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.

Grahame Russell 8/2/21 Grahame Russell 8/2/21

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.

Grahame Russell 7/29/21 Grahame Russell 7/29/21

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.

Grahame Russell 7/27/21 Grahame Russell 7/27/21

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.

Grahame Russell 7/26/21 Grahame Russell 7/26/21

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

Grahame Russell 7/24/21 Grahame Russell 7/24/21

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

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Pan American Silver facing lawsuit in Guatemala for damages to property and life in village of La Cuchilla

“The Lima Group, that morally bankrupt, mongoose gang”

Maya Achi people in Rabinal: “A return to economies that existed before capitalism”

Illegal sanctions: Nicaragua v. Guatemala and Honduras When and why the US, and other rich-powerful countries, intervene in other countries

Maya Q’eqchi’ plaintiffs in landmark Hudbay Minerals lawsuits remain resolute, 11 years and counting

ACPC re-building sustainable communities in the aftermath of genocide, in the age of increasing environmental harms and climate heating

Guatemalan anti-corruption prosecutor flees into exile “I can now say that everything [Attorney General Consuelo] Porras has done is shady”

Further crackdown on rule of law in Guatemala

Azacualpa villagers encampment blocking illegal operation of U.S. mining company Aura Minerals (and Honduran subsidiary MINOSA) since June 27

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

“Our privileges are located on the same map as their suffering, and may - in ways we prefer not to imagine - be linked to their suffering. As the wealth of some may imply the destitution of others.”