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A group of Guatemalan women has filed lawsuits alleging they were attacked by personnel linked to a subsidiary then controlled by Vancouver-based Skye Resources. A 2014 report by the Washington-based Council of Hemispheric Affairs estimated that Canadian mining corporations control 50 to 70 percent of the mining industry in Latin America, putting them at...
A group of Guatemalan women have filed lawsuits alleging they were attacked by personnel linked to a subsidiary then controlled by Vancouver-based Skye Resources Inc. A 2014 report by the Washington-based Council of Hemispheric Affairs estimated that Canadian mining corporations control 50 to 70 percent of the mining industry in Latin America, putting them at the forefront of a sector that has been linked to breaches of Indigenous rights and a disregard for nature reserves. The United Nations has also singled out Canadian mining companies and called on authorities to better regulate the sector.
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