Nathalia Veliz de Oquelí, Yolanda Oquelí's mother, watches as a Peace Walk is held from San José del Golfo to the La Puya site in celebration of the peaceful movement's second anniversary. Since March 2nd, 2012, local neighbors from San José del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc have maintained a blockade into the Tambor gold mine owned by Kappes, Cassiday & Assocaites (KCA) based in Nevada, USA. Community members participating in the peaceful resistance claim the industrial activity in their territories as illegal since they were not appropriately consulted before the mine began operations. La Puya, San Pedro Ayampuc, Guatemala. March 2, 2014.
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