One brave grandmother in Peru is facing down a mining Goliath. She’s been
threatened, beaten, and had her home destroyed -- all because she won’t
sell her land for an open-pit mine.
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John,
A brave grandmother in Peru has stared down the biggest gold mining
company in the world for more than 10 years, refusing to give up her land.
But Máxima Acuña faces her biggest challenge yet -- a judge's ruling where
she could lose everything -- and she’s asking for our help.
Newmont Mining has tried every trick in the book to get Máxima out of the
way -- she’s been beaten, threatened, even had part of her home destroyed.
But she hasn’t budged, refusing to let her home become part of a giant,
polluting gold mine.
Now they’re dragging her to court, and her legal bills are piling up. Her
lawyers are working on a shoestring. And if they lose: she may be thrown
off her land.
John, our community has supported Máxima for years, and now it
could all come down to this. Will you help this grandma take down a mining
Goliath?
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to protect Maxima’s land!
Máxima and her family have poured 20 years of work into their mountainside
farm. The plants and animals they’ve nurtured provide them with almost
everything they need.
But just 10 miles away lies the biggest open-pit mine in Latin America, an
abomination owned by Newmont, the biggest gold mining company in the
world. That mine has already poisoned mountain streams with cadmium and
lead but Newmont still wants more: a vast new gold mine right on top of
Máxima’s farm.
Máxima has fought them tooth-and-nail, become a local leader, and spoken
out for everyone affected by gold mining in the area. She’s even won a
prestigious environmental prize. With local communities and international
allies behind her, Maxima blocked Newmont's multi-million dollar plans.
But now with a key decision around the corner, she’s at risk of finally
being crushed. So she’s asking us for help.
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to help this Grandma put a mining Goliath in its place?
SumOfUs members like you have stood side by side with Máxima before. In
2015, 140,000 of you signed petitions calling on Newmont to leave her
alone. Here’s what Máxima said when she heard:
“I would like to thank everyone from around the world who signed the
petition in support of my case. In truth I am fighting with my family
for something just, to defend my land, whatever it has cost me. For
this, I thank you because your support has given me the strength to
continue fighting."
Let’s give her the strength again. And if we raise more than Máxima needs
now for the case, it will go towards powering our related campaigns
against greedy, destructive corporations.
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Thanks for all that you do,
Angus and the team at SumOfUs
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More information:
[ [link removed] ]U.S. Federal Court Rules Maxima Acuna Atalaya’s Suit Against Newmont
GoldCorp Should be Heard by Peruvian Courts EarthRights. 11 March 2020.
[ [link removed] ]Máxima Acuña, 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize, South and Central
America Goldman Environmental Prize. 17 April 2016.
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