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La Puya: 2nd Anniversary of Peaceful Resistance

Yolanda Oquelí (right), expresses her gratitude to God and everyone present before a Catholic Mass is held by numerous priests in solidarity with the La Puya resistance during the 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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Yolanda Oquelí (right), expresses her gratitude to God and everyone present before a Catholic Mass is held by numerous priests in solidarity with the La Puya resistance during the 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.