• 18 January 2013 | Interviews | International Tour in Solidarity with communities affected by mining megaprojects in Central America | Social activists at risk

  

  Far From Being Intimidated

  “The resistance will continue” in Santa Cruz Barillas

  This Thursday, the peasants of the Guatemalan municipality of Santa Cruz Barillas, in Huehuetenango department, released on January 10 after more than eight months of being arbitrarily imprisoned, will tour through the capital of the country to denounce the abuses suffered and demand Hidro Santa Cruz company, in charge of the Santa Cruz hydroelectric project, to leave their territories. Read more

• 11 December 2012 | Interviews | International Tour in Solidarity with communities affected by mining megaprojects in Central America | Social activists at risk

  

  Not a Step Back

  Guatemala: Resistance to Mining in San Jose del Golfo Continues Despite Repression

  In the early morning of Thursday 6 December the Guatemalan riot police repressed, beat up and kidnapped members of the community of San Jose del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc near Guatemala City, who have been on a vigil for ten months to block mining equipment of company EXMINGUA aimed at gold and silver extraction. Read more

• 29 November 2012 | Interviews | International Tour in Solidarity with communities affected by mining megaprojects in Central America | Social activists at risk

  

  Countering Mining with Education

  Interview with Victor Manuel Merino, Salvadorean Teacher and Leader of the Resistance to Mining

  In Cabañas department, El Salvador, resistance to open-pit mining by transnational corporation Pacific Rim has caused a terrible social damage since the 1930s, when the land owners killed the indigenous population. Read more

• 26 November 2012 | Testimonies | International Tour in Solidarity with communities affected by mining megaprojects in Central America | Social activists at risk

  

  Acting Against Violence

  Attacks against people resisting mining in Guatemala; FoEI cyber-action for the release of political prisoners

  People hired by EXMINGUA company in La Puya, the resistance point in San Jose del Golfo, Guatemala, were responsible for insults, racist expressions, attacks and death threats against the communities who have been blocking the transnational corporations’ machinery for over nine months. Read more

• 22 November 2012 | Videos | Financialization of nature | International Tour in Solidarity with communities affected by mining megaprojects in Central America | Social activists at risk

  

  “Tell them Not to Kill Me”

  Video summary of the FoEI Mission in El Salvador and Guatemala Visit to communities that resist mining and megaprojects

  Video produced during the International Mission that verified human rights violations and pillage of natural resources by mining transnational corporations Goldcorp, Pacific Rim and by the building of Hidralia SA’s hydroelectric dams. Watch video

• 21 November 2012 | Interviews | International Tour in Solidarity with communities affected by mining megaprojects in Central America | Social activists at risk

  

  Keeping Up The Fight

  The Committee of Peasant Unity of Guatemala Exposes Intimidation Campaign Against Them

  There has recently been exposed that there is a discredit and intimidation campaign against the Committee of Peasant Unity (CUC) in Guatemala. The CUC is a member of La Via Campesina International, which "has been historically rejected by the economic sector and the militaries during the years of war", Rafael Gonzales, leader of the organization, told Real World Radio. Read more

• 21 November 2012 | Interviews | International Tour in Solidarity with communities affected by mining megaprojects in Central America

  

  Earned Freedom

  Interview with the Political Prisoners of Santa Cruz Barillas, Guatemala

  On May 2, 2012, 10 political prisoners of Barillas were separately arrested by private persons in the municipality without receiving any explanation or without charges, in a flagrant violation to civil and political rights. Read more

• 21 November 2012 | Photo Galleries | International Tour in Solidarity with communities affected by mining megaprojects in Central America

  

  Dignity Point

  Images of the resistance to the gold and silver mine in San Jose del Golfo, Guatemala

  The communities of San Jose del Golfo and San Pedro de Ayampuc, 30 minutes away from the capital of Guatemala, have been resisting in a peaceful and collective way for over nine months. The community is organized by shifts and is able to gather thousands of people in a few minutes when the mining company's staff arrives to enter the land, provoking the people present. See gallery

• 19 November 2012 | Interviews | International Tour in Solidarity with communities affected by mining megaprojects in Central America

  

  Golden lie

  Interview with Milton Carrera from the Resistance in San José del Golfo, Near Guatemala City

  Just 28 kilometers from Guatemala City, between the towns of San José del Golfo and San Pedro de Ayanpuc the peasant communities are resisting the actions of Canadian company Radius Gold Inc, which has operated a silver and gold mine in the area since 2000. Until now, the company has developed the exploration process. It decided to start the drilling this year, after the government approved the exploitation license, which allows activities in an area of 20 Km2 for 25 years. Read more

• 19 November 2012 | News | International Tour in Solidarity with communities affected by mining megaprojects in Central America | Social activists at risk

  

  Months of Resistance

  Protesters Block Entrance to Canadian Mining in Guatemala City

  San José del Golfo and San Pedro de Ayampuc are two towns near Guatemala City that have been affected by gold and silver mining. Mining activities began in the area in 2000 but the community only found out in 2010. Read more

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