60 Years of Mining in Q’eqchi’ Territories
INCO / Skye Resources / Hudbay Minerals / Solway Investment Group
Canadian mining companies - INCO, Skye Resources, Hudbay Minerals - controlled a huge swath of Mayan Q’eqchi’ territories in eastern Guatemala, from the early 1960s (soon after the US-orchestrated coup of 1954 brought to power a military-backed ‘open-for-global-business’ regime) to 2011 when Hudbay sold its interests to the Swiss-based Solway Investment Group.
Repeatedly over the years, communities have suffered forced evictions and destruction of homes; killings, rapes, shootings; criminalization of community defenders; health and environmental harms.
As part of Rights Action’s work in support of the community defense struggles of the Q’eqchi’ people, there are also precedent setting lawsuits in Guatemala and Canada, seeking justice for some of the repression linked to Hudbay Minerals and Skye Resources.
INCO
2004 June 07 - Letter from AEPDI in Guatemala, to Chairman of Canadian INCO Nickel Company
2004 July 02 - “The Price of Nickel”, Oxfam Article by K. Pepper
2004 August 16 - Open Letter to INCO
2004 August 31 - INCO Nickel Company, Indigenous People and Community Development Rights
2004 September - URGENT ACTION: INCO Mine Threatens Guatemalans
2004 September 27 - Truth Commission Documents INCO-Exmibal Abuses
Skye Resources
2005 September 18 - Hundreds of Q’eqchi’ Mayans Protest Skye Resources Nickel Exploration License
2006 April 03 - ILO investigating complaint against Canadian Skye Resources mining company operation
2006 July 12 - Reuters News Services Article, “Central America Mining Curbed by Local Opposition”
2006 October 04 - Open Letter to Skye Resources Mining Company
2006 November 19 - Urgent Situation - Report by Defensoria Q’eqchi’
2007 January 04 - Skye Resources Orders Christmas Eviction
2007 January 18 - Updated information from AEPDI
2007 January 29 - Open Letter by Victoria Henderson to Ian Austin, CEO of Skye Resources
2007 February 06 - Open Letter by Dawn Paley to Ian Austin, CEO of Skye Resources
2007 February 28 - Who is the real paid actor?
2007 March 04 - Open Letter by Dawn Paley to Ian Austin
2007 April 18 - Open Letter to Ian Austin
2007 May 16 - Call for Participation in the Vancouver BC Area
2007 August 30 - “Recuperating The Land That Belongs To Us”, Article by S. Cuffe
Hudbay Minerals / Solway Investment Group
2010 April 28 - Schnoor V. Canada
2010 June 14 - “Undermining Guate”, Spoken Word by R. Small
2010 June 17 - Schnoor V. Canada: A Press Release From Steven Schnoor and His Lawyers
2010 July 05 - Formal Human Rights Violation Complaint To The Canadian Government
2010 December 02 - Choc V. Hudbay: Mayan Widow V. Canadian Mining Company
2010 December 06 - Media Coverage - CBC coverage, CBC interview, Mining Watch Canada Release
2010 December 08 - Precedent-setting Lawsuit in Canada Against Nickel Mining Giant
2011 April 01 - Media Coverage on Lawsuit Across Canada
2011 April 05 - Hudbay Minerals Response to the Filing of the Gang-Rape Lawsuit
2011 July 19 - Seeking Justice for Canadian Mining Company Related Killing & Gang Rape in Guatemala
2011 September 26 - CBC Radio Report, “Unfinished Business”
2011 October 18 - “Going Deeper Underground”, Corporate Knights Article by L. Bourgon
2012 May 14 - Mining Manipulations - CBC “The Current” Radio Interview & Various Other Media
2012 November 12 - Interview with Maria Cuc Choc
2013 March 02 - Mayan Q’eqchi’ Plaintiffs Versus Hudbay Minerals - Press Release & Public Event Info
2013 July 03 - CTV News, “Manitoba First Nations Serve Eviction Notices to Mining Companies”
2013 July 24 - Various Media Reports on Precedent Setting Ruling
2013 October 02 - Radio Interview with G. Russell with C. Boylan on Coopradio.org
2014 January 06 - 2014 Update: Hudbay Minerals versus Mayan Q’eqchi’ Plaintiffs of Guatemala
2014 April 07 - Press Release by Breaking the Silence and Mining Injustice Solidarity Network
2014 May 05 - Hudbay Minerals Annual Shareholder Meeting, Toronto, May 8th
2014 June 07 - Armed Guards from CGN Mining Company Illegally Enter Community of Lote 8"
2014 June 17 - Hudbay Minerals/CGN in Spotlight Again for Impunity and Repression
2014 July 22 - Alert in Guatemala: Accused Killer Mynor Padilla to be Released?
2014 October 06 - Arizona Citizens Oppose Hudbay Minerals
2014 November 22 - Public Letter From the Families of Nahomy, Juan Carlos & Angel
2014 December 07 - “Rest In Peace, Lake Izabal”, Prensa Libre Article by M. Rey Rosa
2015 January 27 - Exhumations of Victims of Mining in Guatemala
2015 April 13 - Murder Trial Against Hudbay Minerals’ Former Head of Security Continues
2015 May 25 - Declaration by Mayan Plaintiffs to Hudbay Minerals Investors and Shareholders
2015 May 28 - Mayan Plaintiffs Speak to Hudbay Minerals Investors and Shareholders, CBC segment
2015 June 24 - Hudbay Lawsuits Back in Court in Toronto - What is Hubday Minerals Hiding?
2015 August 04 - Murder Trial Continues in Guatemala Against Hudbay Minerals Head of Security
2015 August 21 - Hudbay Minerals/CGN on Trial in Guatemala: Snapshots from the Trial
2015 December 02 - “Hudbay” on Trial for Murder in Guatemala, 3 minute video report
2016 January 19 - Hudbay Minerals Film “Flin Flon Flim Flam”
2016 January 19 - A Legacy of Shame and Crime in Guatemala: From INCO to Hudbay Minerals
2016 February 27 - Murder Trial of Mynor Padilla: Racial Discrimination? - Report
2016 June 20 - Toronto Star 2-Part Report on “Hudbay Minerals Lawsuits”
2016 September 14 - Five More Dead at CGN’s “Fenix” Mine Site in Guatemala
2016 November 29 - Re-Open the Mynor Padilla Trial to the Public
2016 December 01 - Faces of Courage and Dignity: Justice in Guatemala for Canadian Mining Repression
2017 February 08 - Were Guatemalan Kaibiles Hired Guns for Canadian Mining Company Hudbay Minerals?
2017 April 06 - Breaking News: Mynor Padilla Absolved of Mining-Linked Murder and Assault Charges
2017 May 16 - What is Hudbay Minerals Hiding at its “Constancia” Mine in Peru?
2017 May 24 - Freeing the Killer, Criminalizing the Victims!
2017 June 06 - 3 Appeals - Criminal Case Against Mynor Padilla
2017 August 28 - Criminal trial continues against Mynor Padilla - Everyone to Puerto Barrios
2017 September 28 - “Strength and peace in the sacred fire”, by G. Russell
2017 November 06 - Arriving in Toronto!/Llegando a Toronto!
2017 November 10 - Photo Essay #4 by G. Russell - Seeking Justice for Rape in the Mining Industry
2017 December 12 - Hudbay Minerals Lawsuits - Thank you & Summary
2018 April 12 - Assassination of nephew of Angelica Choc, plaintiff in Hudbay Minerals Lawsuits
2018 June 29 - German Chub & Angelica Choc Coming to Toronto for Examinations for Discovery
2018 July 10 - Photo Essay from Toronto Examinations for Discovery in Hudbay Minerals/CGN Lawsuits
2019 May 03 - Hudbay Minerals AGM (annual shareholder meeting) today
2019 July 27 - Angelica Choc’s urgent message, denouncing mining violence in El Estor
2019 November 05 - “Somebody paid them to come out and rape us”, 11 Maya Q’eqchi’ women speak
2019 December 10 - Hudbay Minerals: “Our Values Are Who We Are”; Articel by A. Cagle
2020 January 08 - Entering Year Ten of Maya Q’eqchi’ Plaintiffs v. Hudbay Minerals Lawsuits
2020 February 02 - “We will keep fighting until we achieve justice” - A message from El Estor
2020 April 30 - Hudbay Minerals & Other Mining Companies Helping Spread Covid19 Around the World
2020 May 15 - Hudbay Minerals in Peru, COVID be Damned
2020 June 19 - Guatemalan Court Confirms Illegality of Mine Owned by Solway Investment Group
2020 July 23 - Hudbay Minerals Archives & Update on Landmark Lawsuits & Murder Trial in Guatemala
2020 August 19 - Solway Investment Group files defamation lawsuits against LeMonde
2020 August 28 - Hudbay Minerals Lawsuits to continue September 30 (after COVID19 delay)
2020 September 24 - Hearing Archives & Photo Gallery
2020 September 29 - Lote Ocho sexual violence victims speak - Intercept Article
2020 December 16 - Retrial of Mynor Padilla to begin December 17, 2020 in Guatemala
2021 October 23 - Ever more mining repression against Maya Q’eqchi’ people in Guatemala
2021 October 28 - Communique: From Angelica Choc to Rights Action on repression and arbitrary raids
2022 April 21 - Maria Cuc Choc Speaks and hearing updates
2022 May 12 - Article by Maria Choc, criminalized land and Q’eqchi’ rights defender in Guatemala
2022 May 16 - Maria Choc Speaks to International Community in Video
2022 May 23 - Note of mourning: We remember and honor Ramiro Choc