WNU #994: Guatemalans Protest Gold Mine

Weekly News Update on the Americas
Issue #994, June 21, 2009

1. Guatemala: Protesters Burn Mine Equipment
2. Dominican Republic: Judge Blocks Cement Factory
3. Haiti: 2 Killed in Protest, Electoral Clash
4. Links to alternative sources on: Bank of South, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, El Salvador, Mexico

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*1. Guatemala: Protesters Burn Mine Equipment
Indigenous Mam set fire to a pickup truck and an exploration drill rig on June 12 at the Marlin gold mine in San Miguel Ixtahuacán municipality in the western Guatemalan department of San Marcos, according to media reports. The protesters said the mine—operated by Montana Exploradora de Guatemala, SA, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Canadian mining company Goldcorp Inc.—had illegally placed its equipment on their land, endangering their water supply, and that they had been asking for two weeks for the company to move the equipment. [...]

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