Guatemalan mine dispute militarizes region
Guatemalan mine dispute militarizes region The neighbors of the San Rafael silver mine no longer come out of their homes for fear of the machine-gun toting troops and police who man checkpoints in these green, wooded mountains.
Goldcorp Inc., the world's second- largest producer of the metal by market value, plans to sell a Guatemala silver mine for $505 million in cash and shares in the acquiring company.