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La Puya Mining Resistance

Religious altar at the La Puya resistance blockade displays images of the Virgin of Guadalupe, slain Salvadorian bishop Oscar Romero, and former Archbishop of Guatemala Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, a staunch anti-mining promoter who passed away on June 4, 2012. Since March 2nd, 2012, local neighbors from San José del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc have blocked the entrance to the EXMINGUA gold mine - owned by Kappes, Cassiday & Assocaites (KCA) based in Reno, Nevada, USA. Residents from the communities claim the industrial activity in their territories as illegal since they were not appropriately consulted before the mine began operating. La Puya, San Pedro Ayampuc, Guatemala. May 14, 2013.

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Religious altar at the La Puya resistance blockade displays images of the Virgin of Guadalupe, slain Salvadorian bishop Oscar Romero, and former Archbishop of Guatemala Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, a staunch anti-mining promoter who passed away on June 4, 2012. Since March 2nd, 2012, local neighbors from San José del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc have blocked the entrance to the EXMINGUA gold mine - owned by Kappes, Cassiday & Assocaites (KCA) based in Reno, Nevada, USA. Residents from the communities claim the industrial activity in their territories as illegal since they were not appropriately consulted before the mine began operating. La Puya, San Pedro Ayampuc, Guatemala. May 14, 2013.