[evoz] An evening with Angélica Choc, March 20

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Published on Monday, 02 March 2015 21:22
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Photograph of Angelica ChocThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." height="307" hspace="10" vspace="10" width="250" align="right" border="1">An evening with Angélica Choc

How a small Mayan village is taking on a mining giant

Date: Friday, March 20, 2015 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Location: First Metropolitan United Church, Room 119
932 Balmoral Road, Victoria

Angélica Choc is an indigenous Mayan Q’eqchi’ from El Estor, Guatemala and one of the plaintiffs in a groundbreaking court case, Choc v. HudBay Minerals Inc.

As featured in the film Defensora, Angélica has filed a lawsuit in Ontario courts against Canadian mining company HudBay Minerals over the brutal killing of her husband Adolfo Ich.

Angélica will share her story and her community's fight for justice.

Sponsored by the Mining Justice Action Committee (MJAC). See the MJAC website for more information and printable leaflets and posters for the event.