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• Tahoe Resources’ Former Security Manager Flees Justice

  By kevodell on December 3, 2015 • ( 0 )

  News was recently released that Alberto Rotondo, Tahoe Resources’ former security manager, had escaped police custody. Rotondo is accused of having ordered private security guards to attack peaceful protestors outside the Escobal mine in southeastern Guatemala on April 27, 2013,… Read More ›

• Nómada – bringing a vision for change

  By kevodell on November 27, 2015 • ( 0 )

  The launch of a book about Guatemala’s 2015 civil movement – 140 Days of Spring (140 Días de Primavera) In August 2014, Guatemala journalism welcomed a new arrival in the form of Nómada – a new on-line publication which provides… Read More ›

• Report – “Under Siege: Peaceful Resistance to Tahoe Resources and Militarization in Guatemala”

  By kevodell on November 26, 2015 • ( 0 )

  “Almost from the moment Canadian-US mining company Tahoe Resources acquired the Escobal silver project from Goldcorp over five years ago, the company and the Guatemalan government have used repression, criminalization, and, ultimately, militarization to try to silence peaceful resistance to… Read More ›

• The International Justice Monitor – latest

  By kevodell on November 22, 2015 • ( 0 )

  The International Justice Monitor (a project of the Open Society Justice Initiative) keeps a watchful eye on the justice system in Guatemala. Here is a short summary of their latest posts, all written by Sophie Beaudoin. Sepur Zarco Trial to… Read More ›

• NGOs condemn Canadian ruling that mining case be heard in Guatemala

  By jenniferkennedy on November 21, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Canadian and U.S. organisations condemn judge’s ruling that a lawsuit against Vancouver-based mining company Tahoe Resources must be heard in Guatemala, not Canada. Six plaintiffs allege that security personnel attacked protesters in 2013 with rubber bullets at the Tahoe Resources-owned… Read More ›

• New report on the right to food and human rights defenders in Guatemala

  By jenniferkennedy on November 18, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  A coalition six of international organisations have published a new report on the Right to Adequate Food (RtAR) and the situation of human rights defenders in Guatemala. The report, published in October, followed a third international mission to Guatemala, carried… Read More ›

• UN Report on Central American Women’s Plight to Flee Violence

  By jenniferkennedy on November 17, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  A new UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) report, Women on the Run, reveals why women are fleeing violence in Central America  and Mexico and the obstacles they in face in their journey to be safe. Based upon in-depth interviews with 160… Read More ›

• US Congress To Guatemalan President: Halt Illegal Mining Operations at La Puya

  By kevodell on November 12, 2015 • ( 0 )

  On October 26, 2015, 12 members of the US Congress sent a letter to Guatemalan President Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre to raise concerns about abuses related to the El Tambor gold mine in San Pedro Ayampuc, Guatemala. The letter calls on… Read More ›

• Beyond Good Business: mining, women and human rights

  By jenniferkennedy on November 11, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  On October 26, the Latin American Mining Monitoring Programme (LAMMP), a London-based NGO, hosted the Beyond Good Business conference aimed at advocating women’s rights in the context of natural resource extraction. The all-day event brought together an array of global… Read More ›

• Guatemala: new president’s first few weeks in power

  By jenniferkennedy on November 10, 2015 • ( 0 )

  Last month, on October 25, Jimmy Morales won the Guatemalan presidential elections in a landslide victory. The new president, whose slogan was “not corrupt, not a thief”, strategically campaigned on an anti-corruption platform, earning himself 67.4% of the votes. Morales’… Read More ›

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