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The El Estor Evictions

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I. Barrio La Revoluci�n
December 19, 2006.
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I. Barrio La Revoluci�n
December 19, 2006.2

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Along the northern edge of Lake Izabal, Guatemala?s largest body of water, a Canadian-run nickel mining project has been the source of numerous social conflicts for over 45 years. Originally known as the EXMIBAL Mine (a subsidiary of mining giant INCO ? International Nickel Company), it is now run by Skye Resources Incorporated via its local counterpart, the Compa��a Guatemalteca de N�quel (CGN).

Since the nickel mining project?s original conception in 1960, some of the land concessions assigned for mining activities in the area have coincided with the local population?s own communities. Situated in the municipality of El Estor, where a majority of its inhabitants are indigenous peoples of the Maya Q?eqchi? ethnic group dwelling in extreme poverty, the government has continually ruled in favor of those associated with the mining project. As a result, violent mass evictions carried on by police and military forces have left numerous victims in the past few decades and an ever growing feeling of resentment by the locals towards the project.

Along the northern edge of Lake Izabal, Guatemala?s largest body of water, a Canadian-run nickel mining project has been the source of numerous social conflicts for over 45 years. Originally known as the EXMIBAL Mine (a subsidiary of mining giant INCO ? International Nickel Company), it is now run by Skye Resources Incorporated via its local counterpart, the Compa��a Guatemalteca de N�quel (CGN).

Since the nickel mining project?s original conception in 1960, some of the land concessions assigned for mining activities in the area have coincided with the local population?s own communities. Situated in the municipality of El Estor, where a majority of its inhabitants are indigenous peoples of the Maya Q?eqchi? ethnic group dwelling in extreme poverty, the government has continually ruled in favor of those associated with the mining project. As a result, violent mass evictions carried on by police and military forces have left numerous victims in the past few decades and an ever growing feeling of resentment by the locals towards the project.

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