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Guatemala: Forced Evictions on Canadian Mine Land

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 @ 16:41 UTC

by David Sasaki

Countries:: Guatemala
Topics:: none

Patrick of the Guatemala Solidarity Network links to a recent podcast from the Rabble Podcast Network featuring an interview with Dawn Paley about the controversial forced evictions which took place on land owned by Canadian mining company Skye Resources.

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[...] The evictions themselves were captured in a compelling photo-journal on the MiMundo blog, depicting the anguish of the residents, the burning of homes by Skye Resources, and the deployment of armed force by the state. As GV Latin America Editor David Sasaki picked up earlier this week there’s a podcast on the Rabble Podcast Network in which the evictions are described by Canadian journalist Dawn Paley, who was at the scene and who had earlier written a provocative article entitled: “this is what development looks like”. [...]

# 2007-03-4 at 18:19 pm
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[...] Resources, and the deployment of armed force by the state. As GV Latin America Editor David Sasaki picked up earlier this week there’s a podcast on the Rabble Podcast Network in which the evictions are described by Canadian [...]

# 2007-10-31 at 19:45 pm

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