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Guatemala: Photo Essay Tells Story of Staunch Anti-Mining Activist

Written bySilvia Viñas
Posted 26 October 2011 19:13 GMT

Photojournalist James Rodríguez has published a photo essay on the conflict around the Canadian-owned Marlin gold mine. He highlights the bravery and persistence of anti-mining activist Diodora Hernandez, who “was shot point-blank on the right eye outside her home in the small community of San José Nueva Esperanza – only a few meters from a fence that delimits Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine.”

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