Guatemala’s supreme court (CSJ) last week suspended the mining license of Minera San Rafael (MSR), a subsidiary of Canada’s Tahoe Resources, which owns the Escobal silver mining project. Located in Santa Rosa department, the mine is one of the largest in the world. The provisional ruling is a major victory for local anti-mining groups such as Centro de Acción Legal Ambiental y Social (Calas) which filed the case against Guatemala’s energy & mining ministry (MEM) back in May, calling for the mine’s suspension on the grounds that indigenous people’s right of consultation had been violated. The CSJ’s ruling has left the right-wing Frente de Convergencia Nacional (FCN-Nación) government led by President Jimmy Morales under pressure from private sector organisations concerned that it could affect future foreign investment.End of preview - This article contains approximately 488 words.
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