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Border and Rule Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism
Rights Action highly recommends Harsha Walia’s book about forced migrancy and refugee flight across the planet, in our unjust, unequal Nation State system.
Berta Caceres commemorative bench & apple trees, Fredericton, Canada
“Berta reminded the world that the hurt that pours out in Honduras today is a result of colonialism, capitalism and imperialism and it has everything to do with not just the US but also Canada. … It is unacceptable that Canadians know so little about how our foreign policy is hurting people around the world.”
(Tracy Glynn)
US & Canada hammer away with ‘regime change’ policies against Venezuela & Nicaragua, that can only result in more human suffering & desperation
Below – Webinar links
US-Canada hybrid war against Venezuela ~ Webinar: Sept. 11, 12:00 CDT, 1:00 pm EST
Hybrid War, Sanctions & US Regime Change in Nicaragua ~ Webinar: Sept. 1, 8pm ET / 5 pm PT
Rights Action denounces this on-going, violent imperialism of the US and Canada, two rich and powerful G7 countries.
Voyeurism-capitalizing-on-suffering reporting about continuing refugee flight from Guatemala and Honduras
Here, links to two mainstream news articles about forced migrancy from Central America that border on voyeurism capitalizing on suffering.
Pan American Silver (Minera San Rafael) demandada por danos a la comunidad de La Cuchilla
En 2019, Pan American Silver (que compró Tahoe Resources en 2019) optó, a través de una demanda histórica en Canadá, por pagar reparaciones a las víctimas guatemaltecas de la represión y violencia minera de Tahoe Resources ocurrida en 2013. (https://mailchi.mp/rightsaction/pan-american-silver-forced-to-offer-settlement-to-guatemala-victims-of-mining-repression)
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).
“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
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
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.