44 Organizations Pen an Open Letter in Solidarity with Xinka Communities
Read the letter in Spanish here. May 6 2020 The national and international organizations signatories to this letter on the occasion of Pan American Silver’s annual shareholder meeting, express our deep concern with regard to the Escobal mining project
Communities Defend Public Health Against Mining and COVID-19 in Guatemala
The peaceful resistance of Santa Rosa, Jalapa, and Jutiapa in southeastern Guatemala has struggled since 2010 to defend the health of their communities from the Escobal mine. Since June 2017, they have maintained a 24-hour roadside encampment to prevent
Global Mining Corporations Have a Friend in the New Guatemalan Government
The new president has appointed a former mining executive to a high-level post, worrying indigenous communities that have long protested the company’s harmful extraction activities. by Ellen Moore and Jen Moore Originally published in Inequality. Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei is less
REPORT: Guatemalan government discriminates against Xinka, puts Escobal mine consultation at risk
Access the full report here. One year after the Constitutional Court ordered the Ministry of Energy and Mines to consult with the Xinka, over a thousand people mobilize to denounce illegalities and discrimination in the process. SUMMARY The consultation
SHE DEFENDED HER LAND AGAINST A MINE IN GUATEMALA. THEN SHE FLED IN FEAR FOR HER LIFE.
By Alleen Brown | The Intercept | June 23, 2019 Video by Martyna Starosta Guatemala is one of the most dangerous countries for Indigenous people and campesinos fighting to protect land from agribusiness and extractive industries. TERESA MUÑOZ WAS riding her
Questions Pan American Silver shareholders should be asking in advance of Tahoe Resources acquisition
Today, shareholders of Tahoe Resources and Pan American Silver will meet and vote on a new business opportunity – Pan American Silver’s acquisition of Tahoe Resources to become, in their eyes, one of the largest publicly traded silver companies