Goldcorp in Guatemala: Devastating Communities
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2009-02-28 11:54
On Monday evening, February 23, the Rochester Committee on Latin America invited notable human rights advocate Grahame Russell to speak about open-pit mining in Guatemala. The Canadian lawyer, journalist, and director of Rights Action described Central America's history of widespread massacres and genocide, but emphasized our responsibility, as residents of the US and Canada, to affect change in the places where the most atrocious and exploitative policies are rooted.
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