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August 8, 2022 at 3:47 PM

Azacualpa community in Honduras suffers U.S. gold mining company Aura Minerals harms, on and on ... and they resist

Azacualpa community in Honduras suffers U.S. gold mining company Aura Minerals harms, on and on ... and they resist “Aura Minerals operates with impunity, corrupting municipal authorities, prosecutors, judges & State ministers, to crush community resistance ...” …

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August 5, 2022 at 12:20 PM

Garifuna survivors of the Cayos Cochinos

Garifuna survivors of the Cayos Cochinos A story about racism & land-theft against indigenous Garifuna people of Honduras, about tourism economic imperialism and ...  Share Tweet …

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August 1, 2022 at 2:54 PM

Journalist Ruben Zamora jailed by narco-klepto dictatorship in Guatemala

Journalist Ruben Zamora jailed by narco-klepto dictatorship in Guatemala U.S., Canada, IMF, World Bank & global companies maintain ‘business-as-usual’ economic, political, military relations Share …

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July 28, 2022 at 9:05 PM

Honduran gov’t working to remedy devastating legacy of 12 years of U.S. & Canadian-backed narco-regime

Honduran gov’t working to remedy devastating legacy of 12 years of U.S. & Canadian-backed narco-regime Incoming gov't inherits a treasury, government, State & judiciary hollowed out & corrupted by the by narco-trafficking regime …

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July 25, 2022 at 1:14 PM

ANNOUNCING Educational Fact-Finding Delegation to Guatemala

ANNOUNCING Educational Fact-Finding Delegation to Guatemala Join this trip hosted by Grahame Russell (Rights Action) & Professor Catherine Nolin (UNBC), editors of recently published TESTIMONIO TESTIMONIO: Canadian Mining in the Afte…

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July 21, 2022 at 1:47 PM

Border and Rule, by Harsha Walia

Border and Rule, by Harsha Walia “Colonial coups, capitalist trade agreements, climate change & oppression [ the primary driver of displacement from Mexico & Central America” Share Tweet …

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July 19, 2022 at 9:26 PM

Finalist for “Jim Deva Prize for Writing That Provokes”

Finalist for “Jim Deva Prize for Writing That Provokes” TESTIMONIO: Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala  Share Tweet Forward …

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July 15, 2022 at 2:56 PM

Summit of Peoples in Argentina, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru Harmed Pan American Silver

Summit of Peoples in Argentina, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru Harmed Pan American Silver Premier violator of rightsin mining harmed communities Share Tweet Forward …

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July 13, 2022 at 9:21 PM

Does the Canadian government “always stand up for human rights” in Guatemala?

Does the Canadian government “always stand up for human rights” in Guatemala? If so, will Cdn government initiate an impartial investigation into systemic human rights violations linked to Cdn mining operations in Guatemala?  …

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July 5, 2022 at 1:29 PM

Death threats linked to Aura Minerals in Honduras

Death threats linked to Aura Minerals in Honduras Fredy Garcia, land and human rights defender from Azacualpa, is in danger Share Tweet Forward …

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July 4, 2022 at 12:26 PM

Pan American Silver silencing dissenting voices

Pan American Silver silencing dissenting voices “People are on to Pan American Silver’s business model – profit at all cost, with blatant disregard for self-determination of Indigenous communities” Share …

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July 1, 2022 at 6:17 PM

53 forced migrants & refugees die gruesome death in Texas

53 forced migrants & refugees die gruesome death in Texas No focus on, no blame put on global nation state system & global capitalist, neoliberal economic system Share Tweet …

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June 30, 2022 at 3:56 PM

"What the World Owes Haiti Now"

"What the World Owes Haiti Now" Share Tweet Forward June 30, 2022 *******   "What the World Owes Haiti Now" https://mailchi.mp/rightsaction/w…

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June 28, 2022 at 8:55 PM

Criminal complaint against Dutch bank FMO for assassination of Berta Caceres

Criminal complaint against Dutch bank FMO for assassination of Berta Caceres COPINH & children of Berta Caceres file criminal complaint against Dutch bank FMOJustice for assassination of Berta Caceres in Honduras Sh…

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June 27, 2022 at 3:50 PM

Dulles brothers & legacy of US interventions

Dulles brothers & legacy of US interventions The Dulles brothers & legacy of US interventions in Guatemala, Iran, Congo, Indonesia & beyond Share Tweet Forward …

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June 22, 2022 at 1:14 PM

David Castillo gets 22 years in jail for assassination of Berta Caceres

David Castillo gets 22 years in jail for assassination of Berta Caceres Honduran Indigenous and and rights defender, anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist activist Share Tweet …

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June 21, 2022 at 1:14 PM

Raising funds for ‘Military Diary’ crimes against humanity trial

Raising funds for ‘Military Diary’ crimes against humanity trial Raising funds for ‘Military Diary’ crimes against humanity trial in Guatemala, spearheaded by FAMDEGUA Share Tweet …

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June 20, 2022 at 3:51 PM

Guatemalan regime using criminal law to persecute judges & prosecutors

Guatemalan regime using criminal law to persecute judges & prosecutors Judge Miguel Angel Galvez: "We are spectators of how a country is going down the drain"  Share Tweet …

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June 17, 2022 at 3:31 PM

Drug trafficking infiltration of all branches of Honduran regimes

Drug trafficking infiltration of all branches of Honduran regimes Drug trafficking infiltration of all branches of U.S. & Canadian-backed Honduran regimes (June 27, 2009–January 27, 2022) ~ Article by Karen Spring S…

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June 14, 2022 at 6:49 PM

Q’eqchi’ land & environment defenders vs Mining

Q’eqchi’ land & environment defenders vs Mining A 60-year human rights & justice struggle ~ Action & funds needed  Share Tweet Forward …

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June 8, 2022 at 1:41 AM

Swiss mining in Guatemala corrupt and illegal

Swiss mining in Guatemala corrupt and illegal Swiss mining operation in Guatemala as corrupt and illegal as Swiss cheese is hole-ey Share Tweet Forward …

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June 1, 2022 at 5:00 PM

Stop criminalisation of Guatemalan indigenous defender María Choc

Stop criminalisation of Guatemalan indigenous defender María Choc Maria is sister-in-law of Adolfo Ich, killed while denouncing mining harms; sister of Angelica Choc, seeking justice in Canada for death of Adolfo Share …

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May 23, 2022 at 11:12 PM

Note of mourning: We remember and honor Ramiro Choc

Note of mourning: We remember and honor Ramiro Choc Today, May 23, 2022, Ramiro Choc, Q'eqchi defender of indigenous rights and territory, and of mother earth, has died in El Estor, Guatemala.   Share …

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May 17, 2022 at 8:30 PM

Safe supply is the future

Safe supply is the future ‘War on Drugs’ wrong on all fronts, criminalizing and demonizing drug users, militarizing Latin America  Share Tweet Forward …

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May 16, 2022 at 5:57 PM

Maria Cuc Choc, criminalized Q’eqchi’ land defender in Guatemala, speaks

Maria Cuc Choc, criminalized Q’eqchi’ land defender in Guatemala, speaks View: https://youtu.be/KUaCAeOwuo0  Share Tweet Forward May 16, 202…

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May 13, 2022 at 12:40 PM

May 14: 40th anniversary of Chixoy Dam/Rio Negro massacres in Guatemala

May 14: 40th anniversary of Chixoy Dam/Rio Negro massacres in Guatemala 5 massacres were carried out by Guatemalan regime to make way for World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank’s Chixoy hydro-electric dam project …

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May 12, 2022 at 1:14 PM

Maria Cuc, criminalized land and Q’eqchi’ rights defender in Guatemala

Maria Cuc, criminalized land and Q’eqchi’ rights defender in Guatemala Defending your territory is not a crime, rather it is defending the habitat of humanity  Share Tweet F…

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May 11, 2022 at 5:09 PM

Former Honduran president’s lawyers to call Trump, Biden & Obama to testify in favor of client

Former Honduran president’s lawyers to call Trump, Biden & Obama to testify in favor of client Will they call on Steven Harper and Justin Trudeau to do the same? Share Tweet …

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May 9, 2022 at 6:17 PM

Guatemalan atrocities on trial in “Military Diary” case

Guatemalan atrocities on trial in “Military Diary” case Will former US gov’t officials & military testify as to what direct role the US played?  Share Tweet Forward …

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May 6, 2022 at 2:24 PM

Extracting Honduras, by James Phillips

Extracting Honduras, by James Phillips Extracting Honduras: Resource Exploitation, Displacement, and Forced Migration Share Tweet Forward Ma…

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May 5, 2022 at 12:34 PM

Honduras and the Jerusalem Embassy

Honduras and the Jerusalem Embassy How Netanyahu Backed Arms and Cocaine Deals (Hareetz article) Share Tweet Forward May 5, 2022 ******* Ho…

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May 4, 2022 at 1:42 PM

New Yorker article exposes corruption of Guatemalan judiciary

New Yorker article exposes corruption of Guatemalan judiciary New Yorker article exposes corruption of Guatemalan judiciary and government, trusted ‘democratic ally’ of US, Canada and “international community” Share …

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May 2, 2022 at 3:50 PM

Solway Investment Group mining operation is illegal

Solway Investment Group mining operation is illegal Constitutional Court of Guatemala re-affirms that Solway Investment Group mining operation is illegal Share Tweet Forward…

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April 27, 2022 at 3:12 PM

US & Canadian-backed President Juan Orlando Hernandez used drug-trafficking money to rig elections

US & Canadian-backed President Juan Orlando Hernandez used drug-trafficking money to rig elections Elections the US and Canada called ‘fair and democratic’ Share Tweet F…

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April 25, 2022 at 3:17 PM

Former Honduran President to face drug-trafficking charges in US

Former Honduran President to face drug-trafficking charges in US Will there be any accountability for 12 years, 7 months of illegal US & Canadian support for the Honduran narco-state?  Share T…

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April 21, 2022 at 3:07 PM

Maria Choc: I haven't robbed anyone

Maria Choc: I haven't robbed anyone Maria Choc: “I haven't robbed anyone. I haven't murdered anyone. I am an Indigenous woman defending her territories, her lands, her rights” Share Tweet …

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April 21, 2022 at 1:12 PM

Family of murdered Mexican land defender before SCC

Family of murdered Mexican land defender before SCC Family of murdered Mexican anti-mining land defender Mariano Abarca to challenge  complicity of Canadian government before Supreme Court of Canada Share …

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April 14, 2022 at 2:32 PM

Testimonio: Shortlisted for “Jim Deva Prize"

Testimonio: Shortlisted for “Jim Deva Prize" Shortlisted for “Jim Deva Prize for Writing That Provokes” (BC and Yukon Book Prizes)  Share Tweet Forward …

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April 12, 2022 at 2:59 PM

ICE War Crimes Center pursuing Guatemalan war criminals

ICE War Crimes Center pursuing Guatemalan war criminals that participated in the Chixoy Dam / Rio Negro massacres in Rabinal region Share Tweet Forward …

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April 11, 2022 at 12:57 PM

Testimonio now on Canadian CourseReadings!

Testimonio now on Canadian CourseReadings! Recently added to this academic database Share Tweet Forward April 8, 2022   Testimonio, the book,…

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April 5, 2022 at 3:29 PM

Goldcorp and Newmont human rights records reviewed in the Yukon

Goldcorp and Newmont human rights records reviewed in the Yukon Newmont Goldcorp Corporation seeks to operate the Coffee Gold Project near Dawson City  Share Tweet Forward …

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March 31, 2022 at 9:33 PM

Rights Action April Newsletter

Rights Action April Newsletter Your Funds At Work Share Tweet Forward April 2022 Newsletter   Your Funds At Work To date in 2022, Rights Acti…

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March 30, 2022 at 6:11 PM

Guacamaya: the hacking collective responsible for Solway mining secrets leak

Guacamaya: the hacking collective responsible for Solway mining secrets leak “Why is it important for the public to know what this mining company is doing?" Share Tweet Forw…

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March 29, 2022 at 12:59 PM

The global mining industry, and the Guatemalan state & government co-opted by criminal networks

The global mining industry, and the Guatemalan state & government co-opted by criminal networks Share Tweet Forward March 29, 2022   The g…

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March 28, 2022 at 5:33 PM

Aura Minerals/MINOSA destroying cemetery of Maya Chorti people

Aura Minerals/MINOSA destroying cemetery of Maya Chorti people Company with its eyes set on destruction of community of Azacualpa, a few meters from the cemetery. Share Tweet …

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March 23, 2022 at 8:40 PM

Arbitrary detention of Julio Anselmo Toc

Arbitrary detention of Julio Anselmo Toc Solway Investment Group (CGN-PRONICO) continue attacking Q'eqchi' people  Share Tweet Forward March…

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March 22, 2022 at 8:04 PM

Guatemalan Judge Erika Aifan forced into exile

Guatemalan Judge Erika Aifan forced into exile “In Guatemala, the state and three branches of government have been co-opted by criminal networks." Share Tweet Forward …

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March 18, 2022 at 6:02 PM

El Salvadoran regime destroys monument commemorating 1981 El Mozote massacre of 900 villagers

El Salvadoran regime destroys monument commemorating 1981 El Mozote massacre of 900 villagers Justice still not done for this US-backed massacred  Share Tweet Forward …

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March 17, 2022 at 7:53 PM

Who is on the woman on the cover of TESTIMONIO?

Who is on the woman on the cover of TESTIMONIO? Ask Goldcorp Inc. whose ex-workers tried to kill her Share Tweet Forward March 17, 2022   Who…

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March 14, 2022 at 4:45 PM

Did a Swiss-based mining company pressure to quash publication of TESTIMONIO, the book?

Did a Swiss-based mining company pressure to quash publication of TESTIMONIO, the book? Recently, the international media has focused considerable critical media attention on a nickel mining operation in Guatemala... Sh…

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