An Indigenous Protest that Reaches from Guatemala to Vancouver | The Tyee
To truly respect Indigenous people’s right to free, prior and informed consent for industrial projects on their territories, companies and governments need to accept that sometimes the answer will be no.
That’s the main message Luis Fernando García Monroy wanted to share with Canadians on a visit to Victoria and Vancouver this week.
García is a representative of the Xinka people in Guatemala. They want a mine in their territory, owned by Vancouver company Pan American Silver, to remain closed. In 2017, Guatemala’s highest court for civil cases ordered the mine shut down while the government consults local communities.