San Luis Potosí: Federal Court Suspends Mining In Wirikuta

San Luis Potosí: Federal Court Suspends Mining In Wirikuta   Indigenous rights activists across Mexico and the world are celebrating the news that a federal court suspended all 38 mining concessions in the sacred Wirikuta Reserve in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The court prohibited the granting of any further permits within the municipality of Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosí, as long as the core issues of the conflict between the Huichol (Wixarika) people and mining companies remain...

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