Civil society support earns mixed grades

Some say mining is still off-limits.

Published April 13, 2011

For the first half of this decade, there was no thought of the Canadian Embassy in Guatemala engaging with human rights defenders, says Claudia Samayoa. Fortunately, that has changed.

"There has been a major shift in the focus the Canadian government is placing on strengthening civil and political rights in our country," says the co-ordinator of Guatemala's Unit of Protection of Human Rights Defenders

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