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Goldcorp and Hudbay Minerals in Guatemala

2010; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês

10.2139/ssrn.1595157

1556-5068

Bernadette Maheandiran, Jessica DiFederico, Rolando Aguilera, Shin Imai,

Mining and Resource Management

Canadian mining in Guatemala has been associated with violence and death. Opposition to an INCO mine in the El Estor region in the 1960’s resulted in the assassination of two law professors, and another activist has been killed in 2009. In the San Marcos region of Guatemala, two deaths are associated with the opening of a mine now owned by Goldcorp. Indigenous opposition to the mines continues in both regions. This article updates an article originally published in 2007which ties the events in Guatemala to efforts in Canada to hold Canadian mining companies accountable.[Breaching Indigenous Law: Canadian Mining in Guatemala" http://ssrn.com/abstract=1267902] Parts of this article dealing with HudBay have been updated and revised in "Access to Justice and Corporate Accountability: A Legal Case Study of HudBay Minerals in Guatemala" (2013) [http://ssrn.com/abstract=2358981]