Canadian Dimension: Justice for Mariano Abarca

Community organizers and land protectors present an environmental defense award named in honour of murdered activist Mariano Abarca in Chicomuselo, Chiapas, Mexico, November 2019. Photo courtesy Otros Mundos Chiapas. On November 27, 2009, Mexican mining activist Mariano Abarca was shot and killed in Chicomuselo, Chiapas, by an assailant who witnesses

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Canadian Dimension: AMLO’s mining reforms could lead to more conflict with Canada

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Photo courtesy Presidencia de la República/Wikimedia Commons. Mining companies are furious about Mexico’s proposed economic reforms, which would shorten mining concessions, provide greater environmental protections, and mandate that firms must consult with local Indigenous communities before securing approval to begin prospecting. The reforms are

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