2013-05-02. Tahoe’s San Rafael Mine Conflict leads to State of Siege.
San Rafael Las Flores, Santa Rosa, and Mataquescuintla, Jalapa, Guatemala. May 2, 2013. Images from the first day of the declared State of Siege in the municipalities of Casillas & San Rafael Las Flores, Santa Rosa, and Mataquescuintla & Jalapa, Jalapa. A violent mining conflict in the region involving Vancouver-based Tahoe Resources has erupted this [...]
2012-07. In San Rafael Las Flores and my House, the Mine does not Pass
Hundreds gather in the main square of San Rafael Las Flores, Guatemala, to demand that a community plebiscite on industrial mining be carried out in the municipality.
2012-03. Goldcorp’s Legacy: Criminalization and Mining Resistance in San Rafael Las Flores
Tahoe Resources, a Goldcorp offspring, creates conflictivity in eastern Guatemala.
