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Qualifying as Canadian: Economic Diplomacy, Mining, and Racism at the Escobal Mine in Guatemala
From: Capitalism and Dispossession
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In Chapter 8, authors Caren Weisbart, Jennifer Moore and Charlotte Connolly examines the Canadian mining industry in Guatemala. The chapter explores events surrounding the role of Canadian economic diplomacy on behalf of Tahoe Resources, the period between 2012 and 2014, the Canadian government’s support for Tahoe Resources at different times, Canadian diplomatic support to fight hikes in mining rents in Guatemala and to help obtain an operating permit, as well as Canada’s discriminatory diplomacy in Guatemala, Canada’s role in fighting the Indigenous Xinka peoples resistance, the Escobal project, and the predatory practices used by Canadian mining operating abroad.
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Contributors
Caren Weisbart
David P. Thomas is an associate professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Mount Allison University. His core area of research and teaching is focused on the role of Canadian actors — corporations, ngos, the Canadian state — in the Global South. Dave is the author of Bombardier Abroad: Patterns of Dispossession (Fernwood, 2018).Jennifer Moore
Veldon Coburn is an assistant professor at the University of Ottawa’s Institute of Indigenous Research and Studies. Veldon is Anishinaabe, a member of the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn. Veldon’s primary research focus is on Indigenous politics and policy in Canada with particular emphasis on political and economic theory.
