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• Mining (Guatemala)

  Laura Leonor Vasquez Pineda: Another Activist Murder Linked to Canadian Mining in Guatemala

  19 January 2017, by Telesur

  Laura Leonor Vasquez Pineda was a fierce opponent of mining near the El Escobal silver mine owned by the Canadian company Tahoe Resources.
  Guatemalan environmentalist Laura Leonor Vasquez Pineda was shot dead Monday in the southeastern department of Jalapa, local authorities have confirmed. (…)

• Mining (Guatemala)

  Guatemalans’ Fight Against Rogue Canadian Mining Giant Heats Up

  11 August 2016, by Telesur

  Communities in Guatemala have repeatedly voiced their opposition to a Tahoe Resources silver mine. The company chose to ignore it ... and worse.
  Canadian mining giant Tahoe Resources came under fresh fire Thursday for bulldozing human rights in Guatemala as two organizations filed a complaint (…)

• Mining (Guatemala)

  International Mission in Guatemala and El Salvador: ’Transnational corporations pillage natural resources and violate human rights’

  17 November 2012, by FoE

  SAN SALVADOR (EL SALVADOR), November 19, 2012 - An international mission organized by environmental federation Friends of the Earth International in Guatemala and El Salvador has verified systematic human rights violations and criminalization of environmental activists and communities resisting (…)