Articles by Jennifer Kennedy

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Guatemalan Lawsuit against Canadian Mining Giant May Set Precedent
Jennifer Kennedy - CorpWatch, 22 Apr 2013

A lawsuit against HudBay Minerals in Canada for human rights abuses in Guatemala is the next case to watch for corporate accountability activists after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a case against Shell for aiding and abetting human rights abuses in Nigeria.

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Indigenous Population Targeted in Protest against UK Energy Company in Guatemala
Jennifer Kennedy - CorpWatch, 12 Nov 2012

Six demonstrators were killed and dozens injured when the Guatemalan military fired into a group of indigenous Maya-K’iche’ gathered to protest rising electricity charges from Energuate, a major national power company owned by a private equity firm created by the UK government.

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