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'Obnoxious' Protesters Will Not Make Guatemalan Gold Mine Go Away, CEO Says
For Dan Kappes, CEO of the US mining firm at the center of a struggle over a gold mine in Guatemala, the peaceful resistance group La Puya is "obnoxious" and "manipulated" by outsiders. La Puya has fought against the mine since 2012.
In Photos: Police Violently Evict the La Puya Peaceful Mining Resistance
Locals argue the industrial project will consume their already short supplies of water and believe there was no consultation process.
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