Guatemala: Diodora Hernandez - "No Tenga Pena (Don't You Worry About It), I Continue ...

Guatemala: Diodora Hernandez - "No Tenga Pena (Don't You Worry About It), I Continue In Resistance To The Gold Mine" Grahame Russell, 2011 JULY 7, 2010   Diodora Antonia Hernandez Cinto (a Mayan-Mam campesina woman from the mountainous village of San Jose Nueva Esperanza) was shot point-blank in the head and left for dead by two local men (mine workers) who ran off into the night.   She was shot because she refuses to sell her plot of land to Montana Exploradora, Goldcorp's subsidiary...

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