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Latin America

Judi Lynn

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2. It IS hideous. Canada has stepped in to continue the bloody abuse of Guatemalans

Reply to polly7 (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 9, 2015, 03:59 PM

Jan 2015

even though the world knows Guatemala has suffered mightily at the hands of US action since 1954, when it simply overthrew the popular reform President, Jacobo Arbenz, and the behest of United Fruit (now known as the Chiquita Company), embarking on a campaign which cost Guatemalan citizens well over 200,000 lives.

Why Canada would decide to move in as the next murderous predator to feast on Guatemalan laborers and resources is a filthy mystery.

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Guatemala's Indigenous People Fighting Back Against Exploitation by Multinational Mining Companies [View all] Judi Lynn Jan 2015 OP

I feel sick when I see what we've done, and are doing to these people. polly7 Jan 2015 #1

It IS hideous. Canada has stepped in to continue the bloody abuse of Guatemalans Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #2

No, it's not really a mystery. polly7 Jan 2015 #3