Guatemalan Government, Canadian Mining Industry Responsible for Violent Conflicts

“Motivated by fears that mining will contaminate their environment and/or negatively impact their livelihoods, and the enjoyment of their human rights, protests and disputes over such projects have erupted. Years of threats and violence, including injuries and deaths, and division and resentment within communities have been the result,” the report states. “Community leaders protesting against mining are often targeted with threats, acts of intimidation or attacks. In the majority of cases the perpetrators of such acts have yet to be held to account.”
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Guatemalan-Government-Canadian-Mining-Industry-Responsible-for-Violent-Conflicts-20141002-0029.html