The Movement, the Mine and the Lake: New Forms of Maya Activism in Neoliberal Guatemala

This article explores the social, economic, cultural and political issues bound up in two matters relating to the environment in the Sololá and Lake Atitlán region of the Guatemalan Mayan highlands in 2004–2005: the violent breakup of an anti-mine protest and the various reactions to a tropical stor...

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Published in:	Humanities
Main Author:	J. T. Way
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2016-07-01
Subjects:	Maya Guatemala environment mining agriculture development globalization politics neoliberalism urbanization
Online Access:	http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/5/3/56

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