RTÉ, Ireland’s national broadcaster, recently presented a radio programme from their Worlds Apart series on ‘Guatemala: The Indians and the Multinationals’. The presenter, Rodney Rice travelled to El Estor to find out the story behind the video posted on YouTube, of evictions held in the area of El Estor (in Izabal) in Guatemala. The video was posted in an effort to raise awareness and promote global support for the Quechi people who claim they are being ousted by nickel mining company CGN. He attends meetings with Defensoria Quechi and talks with the CGN, a member of Skye Resources, the Canadian natural resource extractor.

You can listen to the broadcast here.

There is a brief introduction with some pictures here. The broadcast, itself, begins about three minutes in, and you will have the pleasure of listening to some Irish language broadcasting prior to the programme starting. The programme itself lasts a little under thirty minutes and is well worth listening to.