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MINING COMPANIES IN B.C. AND
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE
BRACING FOR THE FALLOUT FROM A
LEGAL DECISION THAT LETS FOREIGN
ACCUSERS SUE THEM IN CANADIAN
COURTS FOR ALLEGED CRIMES. AS
THIS NEW REALITY TAKES HOLD, THE
INDUSTRY ALSO FACES PRESSURE
FROM ACTIVISTS AND CONSUMERS
TO RAISE ITS STANDARDS FOR
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
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In April 2013, a group of Gua-
temalan farmers, among them Adolfo
Agustin Garcia, converged outside the
front entrance of Vancouver-based
Tahoe Resources' Escobal mine.
Located in southeast Guatemala near
the community of San Rafael Las Flores
and operated by Tahoe subsidiary
Minera San Rafael, the project was
already controversial even though it
hadn't yet begun production.
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