Testimonio: Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala Nolin Catherine
Testimonio: Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala Nolin Catherine What is land? A commodity to be traded? A resource to be exploited? In Guatemala, a country still reeling from…
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Testimonio: Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala Nolin Catherine
What is land? A commodity to be traded? A resource to be exploited?
In Guatemala, a country still reeling from thirty-six years of US-backed state repression and genocides, dominant Canadian mining interests cash in on the transformation of land into property, while those responsible act with near-total impunity.Editors Catherine Nolin and Grahame Russell draw on over thirty years of community-based research and direct community support work in Guatemala to expose the ruthless state machinery that benefits the Canadian mining industry--a staggeringly profitable juggernaut of exploitation, sanctioned and supported every step of the way by the Canadian government.This edited collection calls on Canadians to hold our government and companies fully to account for their role in enabling and profiting from violence in Guatemala. A home to cherish? The text stands apart in