Lote Ocho: Defending Maya-Q’eqchi’ Territory from Global Mining

A short film by Lazar Konforti (losdespojados.tumblr.com) showing the resilience of the indigenous Maya-Q'eqchi' community of Lote Ochoa community. They were violently evicted from their land in 2007 by private security forces in the employ of Canadian multinational mining company HudBay Minerals, backed by Guatemalan police and military personnel, but have since regrouped and re-built their homes. (www.rightsaction.org)



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