http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/7606/0 en http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/story/guatemala-peaceful-resistance-face-violence/13857 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Anti-mining activist speaks out for first time since being shot </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/screen_shot_2012-10-23_at_10.26.00_pm.jpg" alt="" title="Yolanda Oquelí spoke out this week, for the first time since being shot over her activism against a local mine. PHOTO: Rachel Schmidt" width="450" height="298" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/screen_shot_2012-10-23_at_10.26.58_pm.jpg" alt="" title="83-year-old Miguel Díaz Morales has been participating in the occupation of the mining camp. “We&#039;re free and we have the right to defend our lands.” PHOTO: Rachel Schmidt" width="450" height="312" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>SAN JOSÉ DEL GOLFO, GUATEMALA&mdash;Telma Yolanda&nbsp;Oquelí&nbsp;Veliz, who was nearly killed for her activism against mining in San José del Golfo, Guatemala, spoke out publicly Monday morning for the first time since the attack against her in June.</p> <p><a href="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/story/guatemala-peaceful-resistance-face-violence/13857" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/story/guatemala-peaceful-resistance-face-violence/13857#comments Dawn Paley Direct Action Environment Indigenous anti-mining activism Guatemala mining Radius Gold vancouver Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:24:11 +0000 Tim McSorley 13857 at http://dominion.mediacoop.ca