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Why is Canadian Embassy deceiving public about military-backed, corrupt Guatemalan regime that criminalizes and jails land, human rights and environmental defenders?
On February 15, 2022, the Canadian Embassy in Guatemala tweeted:
Please write to Aura Minerals to end cemetery desecration & shut down its open-pit, cyanide-leaching gold mine in Honduras
Send copies to US and Canadian politicians, media outlets
Former US and Canadian-backed Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on list of corrupt foreign officials
Or, to summarize 12 years and 7 months of official US and Canadian policy towards the people and country of Honduras: Who gives a f**k!
Clandestine theft by Aura Minerals (USA) of dead buried in the Azacualpa Cemetery, and total destruction of the cemetery
On Thursday night, January 20, 2022, Aura Minerals (USA) and MINOSA (Honduran subsidiary), completely destroyed the Azacualpa cemetery, illegally exhuming the remains of loved ones buried there.
Robo clandestino por Aura Minerals (USA) de los muertos enterrados en el Cementerio de Azacualpa, y destruccion total del cementerio
En horas de la noche, jueves 20 enero de 2022, Aura Minerals (USA) y MINOSA (subsidiaria Hondurena) destruyeron por completo al cemeterio de Azacualpa, exhumando ilegalmente los restos de seres querridos ahi enterrados, dejando huesos tirado en la tierra.
Forced child labour widely used in chocolate (cocoa) industry by Nestle, Cargill, Hershey, etc.
Rights Action supports this call, sent to us by Kathleen Ruff, for organizations to sign on a letter calling on U.S. Custom and Border Protection (Department of Homeland Security) to enforce laws to stop forced child labor in chocolate industry.
The Other Face of Renewable Energy: Extractivism - Reflections inspired from “Testimonio: Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala”
Recently, Goldcorp Inc. – one of the companies highlighted in the “Testimonio” – was bought out by Newmont Corporation (based in Greenwood Colorado), the world’s largest gold mining company, that now owns Goldcorp’s mining assets – ill-gotten licenses and processing plants – in Honduras and Guatemala, where there are on-going struggles for reparations for harms and violence caused by Goldcorp’s cyanide leaching, open pit mines they operated in both countries.
“When will Canada Admit its Venezuela Coup Failed?”
More important than ‘admitting failure’, the real questions are when will there be legal and political accountability in the U.S. and Canada for government policies and actions to illegally and violently help overthrow legitimate governments of other countries?
Indict & extradite Juan Orlando Hernandez former U.S.-Canadian backed dictator (president) of Honduras
Rights Action supports this call by U.S. Member of Congress Norma Torres for the U.S. Department of Justice to indict and extradite former dictator ‘President’ Juan Orlando Hernandez of Honduras.
CBC The Current interview: Angelica Choc & Grahame Russell, “TESTIMONIO: Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala”
Transcript (Rights Action tidied up CBC’s provided transcript)
MG: Hi, I'm Matt Galloway, you're listening to The Current.
When it comes to the global mining industry, Canada is the major player. More than half the world's publicly listed exploration and mining companies are headquartered in Canada. That's more than 1500 companies with interests in some 100 countries around the world.