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Thursday, August 2
Fields of Gold
by
Kevin
on Thu 02 Aug 2007 05:37 PM BST
When an eleven-year old girl comes home from school to tell you the price of tortillas in Zacapa, you know that something is amiss. All of her friends, her parents and neighbors have only one thing on their minds – the rising cost of food. more »
Gold Mine Worsens Social Tensions in Guatemala
by
Kevin
on Thu 02 Aug 2007 08:51 AM BST
Three years into its existence, the Marlin Gold Mine has produced a long list of social problems for the local communities in the
“Is this the kind of development we want? What are we to negotiate? There is nothing to negotiate! Can you negotiate life? I do not think you can negotiate life. Health can not be negotiated. In this case, human lives are at risk. Mining is not the model of development we need in our communities. There are other ways to create development in the communities of San Miguel.”
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