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Ever more mining repression against Maya Q’eqchi’ people in Guatemala
Illegal ‘Fenix’ mining operation must be immediately suspended
Brisna Caxaj-Rowe, a victim of Guatemalan repression in the 1980s, comments on TESTIMONIO: Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala
Testimonio gives the voiceless communities in Guatemala the opportunity to tell their stories of horrible crimes committed against them by Guatemala’s powerful and corrupted economic, political and military elites with the support of the United States, and in conjunction with the economic interests of Canadian mining companies.
“Fenix" mining operation in Guatemala is ILLEGAL
Solway Investment Group & CGN, governments of Guatemala and Switzerland, responsable for repression that may occur
La operación minera “Fenix” es ILEGAL
Se responsabilicen a Solway Investment Group y CGN, y gobiernos de Guatemala y Suiza, por represión y violencia que puedan suceder en El Estor
Garifuna (Afro-Indigenous) People Being Forcibly Displaced from Honduras
Many would-be migrants, like the Garifuna, would love nothing more than to stay in our homes. It’s Washington that’s making it difficult.
Maude Barlow & Others comment on TESTIMONIO Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala
Maude Barlow:
Ten years ago, I had the privilege of touring the sites of several Canadian mining operations in Guatemala, including the infamous Marlin Mine, owned by Goldcorp Inc., and the now ever more infamous Fenix Mine, then owned by Canadian mining company Hudbay Minerals. I was the guest of Grahame Russell of Rights Action who has tirelessly worked for mining justice in that country and others for many years.
Vicious attack against Olivia Marcela Zúniga Cáceres, LIBRE party candidate & daughter of assassinated human rights defender Berta Cáceres
Life as normal in Honduras, an exploited country ruled by the military-backed, drug-trafficking regime of President Juan Orlando Hernandez, a “democratic allie” government with full political, military and economic relations with the U.S. and Canada since the 2009 military coup ousted Honduras’ last democratically elected government.
Dear CBC, Haiti is not a “failed state”. Your reporting on Haiti is “failed journalism”
Reporting recently on the thousands of Haitians forced to flee home and country, and try desperately to enter into the US by land or water, CBC news explains that Haiti is a “failed state”.
Your Funds At Work
As of September 1, 2021, Rights Action sent $225,000 of your grants and individual donations to partner organizations, communities and individuals, mainly in Guatemala and Honduras.
Still missing: Tens of thousands of disappeared people in Guatemala
Across Canada and in exile around the world, family members of the disappeared work closely with other family members of the disappeared still living in Guatemala, struggling endlessly, demanding the truth about their forcibly disappeared loved ones, demanding justice against the perpetrators of these crimes against humanity.