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Indigenous Xinka authorities and the Ministry of Energy and Mines establish initial agreements regarding the pre-consultation process
The first pre-consultation meeting concerning ...
... mine in Guatemala where a court-ordered consultation with the Indigenous Xinka People is pending. Pan American Silver’s continued interference at the local level is seen by the Xinka as an act of bad faith ...
... the company to respect the Indigenous Xinka people’s right to be freely consulted without violence and threats, and to immediately cease interference in their communities. Indigenous leaders such as Secretary-Treasurer ...
... the government repeatedly signed off on the project despite protests from the Xinka indigenous community.
Over the next several years, Environmental Justice Atlas said, protestors were hurt, jailed and ...