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La Puya: 2nd Anniversary of Peaceful Resistance

Yolanda Oquelí arrives to the La Puya site with her son Esteban, daughter Jimena and one of her Police escorts during the celebrations of the La Puya resistance'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. On June 13, 2012, Yolanda Oquelí suffered an assassination attempt due to her involvement in the movement. 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 arrives to the La Puya site with her son Esteban, daughter Jimena and one of her Police escorts during the celebrations of the La Puya resistance'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. On June 13, 2012, Yolanda Oquelí suffered an assassination attempt due to her involvement in the movement. 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.