The communities around San Jose del Golfo have engaged in a two-year long peaceful resistance to prevent the construction of a new mine.
San Jose del Golfo, Guatemala, a hamlet 19 miles outside of Guatemala City, has been under a veritable siege by the National Civil Police (PNC) and army for the past two days. The communities around San Jose del Golfo — about 45,000 people — have engaged in a two-year long peaceful resistance to prevent the construction of a new mine by Kappes, Cassiday & Associates (KCA). Now the company is trying to reopen the mine’s access road using the blunt force of the PNC and army.
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