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Declaración de Klippensteins y Waddell Phillips sobre los allanamientos contra clientes Angélica Choc y Germán Chub Choc en Guatemala

Estamos alarmados y angustiados al recibir la noticia de que nuestros clientes Maya Q'eqchi' en Guatemala, Angélica Choc, Germán Chub Choc, y muchos otros líderes de la comunidad Q'eqchi', fueron sometidos a redadas injustificadas en sus hogares por parte de la policía y militares Guatemaltecos hoy.

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Angelica Choc habla
Grahame Russell Grahame Russell

Angelica Choc habla

Del allanamiento de su casa y la casa de su hijo (miembro Consejo Ancestral del Pueblo Q’eqchi), dichas acciones arbitrarias de parte de la operacion ilegal de la mina ‘Fenix’ por la compania Suisa Solway Investment Group y CGN

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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.

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Maude Barlow & Others comment on TESTIMONIO Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala
Grahame Russell Grahame Russell

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.

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Vicious attack against Olivia Marcela Zúniga Cáceres, LIBRE party candidate & daughter of assassinated human rights defender Berta Cáceres
Grahame Russell Grahame Russell

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.

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