Guatemalan Indigenous leaders urge Canada to support closure of Escobal mine – September 23, 2025

At a news conference in Ottawa, Marisol Guerra and Marta Muñoz, two Xinka women from Guatemala, call on the Canadian government to support the closure of Vancouver-based Pan American Silver’s Escobal mine.

Also speaking with reporters are Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada, Viviana Herrera, Latin America program coordinator and program manager at Mining Watch Canada, and Aidan Gilchrist-Blackwood, network coordinator at the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability.

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