April 9-11: Latin America Solidarity Conference in Olympia
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March 5: Mining and Indigenous Rights – The Struggle for Self-Determination in Central America
Guatemalan indigenous community leader
Pascual Bernabe Velásquez
Assembly of Huehuetenango in Defense of Natural Resources
Ethnic Cultural Center at the UW
3931 Brooklyn Ave NE, Black Room
FREE EVENT
Maya-Q'anjob'al women vote to express their opposition to mining in a community consultation in Santa Eulalia, Huehuetenango, Guatemala in August, 2006. (Phil Neff photo)
Let the Communities Decide!
- More than 600,000 people participating in community consultations have voted NO to the expansion of harmful mining projects in Guatemala.
- At the same time, mining companies are using DR-CAFTA to sue the government of El Salvador for refusing to approve mining projects.
- In his presentation, Pascual Bernabe Velásquez will speak about the consulta movement and civil resistance against the expansion of mining projects in Guatemala.
With a photo exhibit by James Rodriguez
Hosted by the UU Central America Network and Seattle CISPES
Co-sponsored by the University of Washington Center for Human Rights, the UW Student Labor Action Project, Casa Latina, and the Community Alliance for Global Justice.
Speaking tour organized by Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA)