Mining and Migration: A call for radical action
The death of 7-year-old indigenous Maya Q’eqchi’ girl Jakeline Caal from Guatemala at the US border last week sent waves through social media and drew attention from major news outlets around the world. Just five months ago, reports that US border officials opened fired and killed 20-year-old indigenous Maya Mam youth Claudia Gomez from northern Guatemala similarily caused shock and horror. Between Claudia’s murder in July and Jakelin’s death in December, the “Migrant Caravan
