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by Todd Gordon


  discrimination, 75

  displacement, 10–11, 19, 89–91, 107, 126–7, 150–1, 153–6, 160–1, 164–6, 169, 171–2, 175–81, 185, 193–4, 282, 285

  dispossession, 10–11, 14–15, 17, 27–9, 35, 39, 43, 76, 95, 104–5, 108, 112, 119–145, 149–55, 171–2, 175, 181–3, 186, 188, 243, 249, 251, 285

  dissidents, 22, 45, 58, 135, 142, 144, 187, 247–8, 270

  diversification, 34

  DND, see National Defence Canada

  Dobles, Roberto, 133

  Dominican Republic, 19, 46, 62, 87, 122, 281–2

  Dominican Republic–Central American Free Trade Agreement, 46, 122

  Dorato Resources, 199

  dos demonios, 88,

  Dulles, Allen, 87

  Dulles, John Foster, 87

  Dunkerley, James, 38

  earnings, 17–18, 40, 93, 102, 180, 198, 237, 279–80

  ECLAC, see Economic Commission for Latin America

  École Polytechnique de Montreal, 26

  ecology, 9–10, 159, 170–2, 282–6

  economy, 20

  agro-export, 185

  Canadian, 16–17

  Colombia, 151–2, 155, 163, 172, 176

  Costa Rica, 128–9

  Ecuador, 209, 214, 226, 228, 241–2

  El Salvador, 136

  formal, 43, 90–1

  global, 5, 13, 182

  Honduran, 41–3, 55, 83

  informal, 90–2, 217

  neoliberal, 34, 39

  Nicaragua, 135

  Peru, 183–7, 193–4

  urban, 43

  U.S., 83

  Venezuela, 249–51, 257–9

  Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC), 8–9, 33

  Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), 92

  Eco Oro, 170–3

  Ecopetrol, 149, 168–9

  ECSA, see EcuaCorrientes S.A.

  EcuaCorrientes S.A. (ECSA), see also Corriente Resources, 211, 218–19, 221, 230, 238

  Ecuador, 2, 20, 29, 136, 148, 193, 197–8, 208–242, 246, 161, 266–71, 273, 275

  Ecuadorian-Canadian Chamber of Commerce, 239–40

  Ecuador Mining Council, 234

  Ecuador Runakunapak Rikcharimuy (Confederation of Peoples of Kichwa Nationality , ECUARUNARI), 216

  ECUARUNARI, see Ecuador Runakunapak Rikcharimuyuy

  EDC, see Export Development Canada

  education, 46, 60, 83–4, 91, 128–9, 135, 148–9, 151, 153–4, 214, 243, 251, 268

  EGP, see Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres

  Eisenhower, Dwight,

  EIU, see Economist Intelligence Unit

  Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres (Guerrilla Army of the Poor—EGP), 88

  Ejército de Liberación Nacional, (National Liberation Army—ELN), 152, 155–7, 274

  El Campo, 169–70

  El Cafetal, 137–8

  El Carrizal, 105

  elders, 95, 225

  El Dorado, 122–3, 239

  elections, 32, 36–9, 47, 51, 53–5, 61, 82–3, 86, 107–10, 113, 120–1, 125, 135, 139–40, 156, 158, 200, 203–5, 213–16, 248–40, 254–5, 265, 270

  electricity, 46, 97, 110, 130, 192

  hydro-, 33, 47–8, 91–2, 107–8, 136, 141, 214, 218–19, 240

  El Escobal, 105, 110

  Eliécer Giatán, Jorge, 150–1

  elites, 18, 38, 49, 102, 125, 130, 144, 170, 188–9

  El Limón, 137

  ELN, see Éjercito de Liberación Nacional

  El Pangui, 218–19

  El Paraíso, 243

  El Salvador, 36–8, 79, 82, 104, 119–129, 136, 142–5, 247, 286

  El Tambor, 105

  emancipation, 187

  employment, 153,

  creation, 8–9, 137, 175, 194

  low levels of, 10–11, 184

  non-farm, 39

  un-, 45, 84, 91–2

  under-, 91–2, 196

  Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica (National Electric Energy Company of Honduras), 46

  Endara, Guillermo, 140

  engagement, 2–3, 18–22, 33, 56, 58–9, 69, 76–8, 96–7, 143, 210, 228, 241, 246, 252, 258, 260, 271, 281

  Engels, Freidrich, 4

  Entremares, 70

  environment

  -alists, 61, 69, 99, 131–2, 163, 170–1, 229, 281

  costs, 99, 185, 192

  impact, 66, 93–4, 108, 113, 122, 124–6, 172, 185, 194, 197, 202, 232

  regulation, 98–9, 179, 191

  studies, 66, 93–4, 113, 127, 184–5, 191, 196, 202, 206, 232, 245

  Environmental Management Unit (Guatemala), 99

  ESAI Energy, 165

  escualidos, 251

  Espinoza, Pablo, 138

  Estrategias y Minas, 170

  ETA, see Euskadi Ta Askatasuna

  Europe, 5, 11–13, 16, 82, 92, 152, 243

  European Union (E.U.), 82–3, 152

  Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA), 253–4

  eviction, 109–10, 115, 144, 218–19

  Excellon Resources, 281

  EXMIBAL, 104–5, 116

  Export Development Canada (EDC), 140, 148, 167, 281

  exports,

  agricultural, 119–21, 129

  demand, 41

  manufactured, 40

  mineral & oil, 159, 184, 210, 282

  non-traditional, 39

  processing zones, 2, 19, 40, 91

  expropriation, 14, 35, 87, 170, 186, 191

  extermination, 152, 186–7

  extortion, 124

  Exxon, 164

  Facussé Barjum, Miguel, 39–40

  FAIT, see Foreign Affairs and International Trade

  Falklands War, 37

  Fantino, Julian, 24–6

  Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), 119–27

  FARC, see Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia

  farms,

  capital-intensive, 107

  credit, 46

  contamination, 99, 122, 207

  farmers, 27, 248

  indigenous, 114

  land, 87, 154

  small-holder, 39–40, 70, 112, 159, 162–3, 194, 196

  sustainability, 98, 278

  yoeman, 128

  Federación Nacional de Campesinos Hondureños (Federation of Honduran Peasants—FENACH), 35

  Feminists in Resistance, 63

  FENACH, see Federación Nacional de Campesinos Hondureños

  Fenix, 104–5, 116

  Fenton, Anthony, 264

  Fernández, Cristina, 279

  Figueres Olsen, José, 129

  Financial Pacific, 142

  FIPA, see Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement

  First Latin American Communist Conference, 187

  First Nations, 95, 224–5, 236

  Flores Facussé, Carlos Roberto, 39

  Flores Pérez, Francisco, 121

  Fløysand, Arnt, 195–6

  FMLN, see Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional

  FNRP, see Frente Nacional de la Resistencia Popular

  FOCAL, see Canadian Foundation for the Americas

  Fondo Hondureño de Inversión Social (Honduran Social Investment Fund), 45

  food, 148,

  basket, 92, 153

  crisis, 28

  security, 70, 172

  subsidies, 12–13

  Foreign Affairs (Canada), see Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development

  Foreign Affairs and International Trade (FAIT), 49, 53, 56–7, 60, 67–8, 72, 77–9, 96–7, 101–2, 128, 131–3, 143, 177, 210–12, 224, 227–30,
234–6, 240–1, 246–7, 252, 254–5, 263–5, 268, 270–3, 285

  foreign direct investment (FDI), 7–16, 33, 40, 69, 121, 131, 149, 183, 241, 280, 285

  Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA), 228, 239–41, 245

  forests, 9, 33, 44–5, 65, 70–1, 115, 138, 198, 217–18, 286

  Forest Law (Honduras), 45–6

  Fortier, Michael, 229–30

  Fortuna Silver, 202, 280

  FTAs, see trade, agreements

  Franja Transversal del Norte, 107

  Frank, Dana, 82

  Fraser Institute, 193

  free trade, see trade, free

  Frei, Eduardo, 279

  Frente Amplio (Broad Front), 107–8

  Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front —FMLN), 119–20, 123–7

  Frente Nacional (National Front, Colombia), 150–1

  Frente Nacional de la Resistencia Popular (National Front of Popular Resistance, Honduras—FNRP), 48, 61–2

  Frente Norte del Área Metropolitana (Northern Front of the Metropolitan Area), 105

  Frente de Resistencia Sur a la Minería a Gran Escala (Resistance Front of the South against Large-Scale Mining), 223

  Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (Sandinista National Liberation Front), 36, 38, 89, 135

  Frente Unido del Estudiantado Guatemalteco Organizado (United Front of Guatemalan Students), 89

  FRIDE Institute, 265

  Friends of the Earth, 161

  FRG, see Guatemalan Republican Front

  Fruta del Norte, 237

  FSLN, see Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional

  Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—FARC), 151–2, 155–7, 165, 172–3, 253, 273

  Fujimori, Alberto, 32, 183, 190–3, 200

  post-, 192

  Fundacion Justicia de Pas Monagas, 264–5

  Funes, Mauricio, 125–6

  Fúnez Benítez, Julio, 56

  Galante, John, 165

  Gammon Gold, 280

  gangs, 39, 42–7, 91, 109, 115, 120, 123, 143

  García, Alan, 189–90, 192, 196–201, 205, 270–1

  García, María Constanza, 174

  García, Tomas, 48,

  García Baca, Godofredo, 195

  Garífuna, 74–6

  Gaviria, César, 151–2

  GDP, see Gross Domestic Product

  General Dynamics Land Systems Canada, 274

  General Mining Law (Peru), 191

  genocide, 85–118, 254

  Ghana, 26

  Ghent University, 98–9,

  Gildan Activewear, 16, 19, 72–4, 77, 80, 255

  Gill, Lesley, 37

  Gilly, Adolfo, 14–15

  Gindin, Sam, 30

  gini coefficient, 91–2

  Glamis Gold, 98, 112, 117

  Global Affairs (Canada), 19, 284

  Global Development and Environment Institute, 99

  GoC, see Government of Canada

  Godínez, Mario, 107–10

  Goldcorp, 17–18, 24, 65–6, 70–1, 93, 96–105, 111–15, 118, 279–81

  Golden Reign Resources Ltd., 139

  Gold Reserve Inc., 245

  Goldring, Peter, 73

  Golinger, Eva, 271,

  Gordon, Todd, 30

  Graham, John, 264

  Gran Colombia, 169–70, 172

  Grandin, Greg, 38, 43, 87, 89–90

  Gran Tierra, 149, 178

  grassroots, 37–8, 76, 88, 112, 116–17, 138, 161–75, 181, 189, 201, 203, 222–3, 239, 264

  Gratton, Pierre, 26

  Great Depression, The, 28, 34, 83

  Greenstone, 71–2

  Grenada, 87

  Greystar, 170–3,

  Groupe EBI, 131

  Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 41, 46, 83–4, 91, 153, 160, 183–5, 251, 272

  guardias blancas, 108–9

  Guatemala, 21–3, 29, 36, 38, 41, 57, 79, 84–8, 98–100, 103–5, 109–129, 142–5, 202, 225, 230, 235, 247, 254, 272, 286

  Guatemala City, 89–90, 97, 101, 108

  Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity, 89

  Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG), 109

  Guayaquil, 239–41, 266

  Guergis, Helen, 114, 197

  guerrillas, 35–8, 85, 88–9, 104, 119–20, 150–65, 177, 188–91, 202, 274

  Guerrilla Army of the Poor (EGP), 88

  Guiamoreto Lagoon Wildlife Reserve, 75

  Guillén, Celso Alberto, 75

  Gutiérrez, Javier, 169

  Gutiérrez, Lucio, 208, 212

  Guyana, 41

  Guzman, Abimael, 190

  Guzman Duque, Federico, 176

  Haarstad, Håvard, 195–6

  Haiti, 19, 22, 41, 246–7

  Hanna Mining, 104

  Harper, Stephen, 19–26, 48–50, 56, 58–60, 67, 73–5, 78, 80–1, 133, 139–40, 142–9, 155–6, 175–8, 198–9, 206, 229, 234, 240, 249, 252–7, 264, 270, 272–5, 278

  HDI, see United Nations Human Development Index

  health, 70–3, 83–4, 98–9, 105, 116, 126–9, 135, 151–4, 165–6, 202, 220, 230, 246–9, 251

  Health Canada, 19, 21, 230, 284

  heavy metals, 71

  hegemony, 188, 209

  Hernández, Juan Orlando, 33, 67–8, 82–3, 115

  Higginbottom, Andrew, 7

  Hill, David, 198

  Hill and Knowlton, 103

  Himley, Matthew, 196–7

  Hondutel, 46, 56

  Honduran Social Investment Fund, 45

  Hristov, Jasmin, 152–4, 179

  Hudbay Minerals, 104–5, 115–16, 202

  Huehuetengango, 107, 116–17

  Humala, Ollanta, 200–5

  human rights, 2, 19–25, 27, 33, 37–9, 44, 47–8, 55–61, 65, 69, 73, 81, 88, 94, 98, 100, 124, 127, 138, 144–5, 152–62, 167, 171–2, 175–81, 195–7, 200, 212, 229, 249, 254–5, 261–72, 275, 281–2

  Human Rights Committee of Honduras, 44

  Human Rights Watch, 154

  Hurricane Mitch, 43, 66, 121

  hydrocarbons, 77, 96, 156–7, 167–8, 183–5

  hydroelectricity, see electricity, hydro-

  Hyer, Bruce, 103

  Hylton, Forrest, 153–4, 156, 161–2

  IACHR, see Inter-American Commission for Human Rights

  IADB, see Inter-American Development Bank

  IAMGOLD, 199, 211–12, 227, 234, 238

  Ibarra (city), 220

  Ibarra, Ángel, 124, 127

  Ich Chub, Adolfo, 116

  ICSID, see International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

  IFIs, see International Financial Institutions

  illiterate, see also literacy, 42, 91–2

  ILO, see International Labour Organization

  Imbabura, 220–1

  IMF, see International Monetary Fund

  imperialism, 3–15, 20–3, 28–30, 33, 35, 45, 51, 54, 62, 64, 84, 118–19, 129, 136, 145, 148, 150, 155, 165, 169, 181, 186–7, 194, 200–1, 207–12, 215, 226, 233, 241–9, 255–7, 260, 267, 271–2, 283–6

  impunity, 28, 48, 59, 65, 112, 181

  INCO, 104

  independence, 54, 61, 102, 178, 234

  Independent Political Electoral Organization Committee (Comité Organización Politica Electoral Independiente, COPEI), 248–9

  Indians, see indigenous peoples

  Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 97

  indigenous,

  activism, 48, 99–100, 108–9, 140, 176, 194, 198–9, 202–3, 210–11, 219, 222, 270–1

  A
fro-, 61

  communities, 10, 27, 61, 75, 86, 88–90, 94–8, 107–8, 112, 115–16, 144, 150, 155, 157–8, 162, 167, 173–6, 181, 183, 185, 190–1, 199, 201, 207, 214, 216, 218, 224–5, 229, 235, 269–70, 282, 285

  movements, 48, 92, 118, 163, 188–9, 201, 208, 212–15, 233, 238

  murders, 97, 104, 109–10, 186–7, 198

  organizations, 27, 88, 112, 141, 215–16, 223, 236

  peasants, 28, 87, 203

  peoples, 10, 14–15, 27, 60, 230, 236, 240, 243, 272, 284

  rights, 98, 116–17, 157, 169, 176, 178, 199–200, 204, 212, 222, 239, 284

  territories, 80, 92, 140–1, 168, 179, 206, 217–18

  Indigenous Peoples’ Partnership Program, 27

  indios, 189

  industrialization, 27–8, 187

  inequality, 11, 33, 83–4, 92, 120, 143, 145, 150, 154, 188, 262

  Infinito Gold, 52, 131–5, 245

  Inmet Mining, 140–1

  insecurity, 33, 42–5, 181

  instability, 3, 50, 91, 104, 107, 120, 143, 150, 254–6, 265, 275

  Instituto Técnico de las Fuerzas Armadas (Armed Forces Technical Institute–Peru), 275

  Insulza, José Miguel, 266

  insurgency, 12, 33, 36–8, 85, 87–8, 90–1, 120, 135, 150, 152, 155, 159, 165, 188, 190

  Intag Valley, 217–21

  Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), 100–3

  Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 39, 66, 237

  Inter-American Regional Organization of Labor, 35–6

  Interfin, 131

  International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) 124, 239, 245

  International Financial Institutions (IFIs), 6–7, 10–11, 24, 129

  International Labour Organization (ILO), 94, 100, 116–17

  International Monetary Fund (IMF), 6–7, 12–13, 39, 41, 46, 66, 68, 129

  International Trade (Canada), 19, 23, 101, 177, 197, 224, 228

  intervention, 3–4, 20, 22, 24, 27, 29, 49, 76, 87, 96, 110, 119, 144–5, 151, 182, 200, 205–6, 209, 211–12, 227, 234, 238, 245, 251–2, 258, 260, 268, 278–9, 282–3

  Intrepid Minerals, 121

  INV Metals, 238

  Iraq, 22

  Ismi, Asad, 149

  Israel, 25, 37

  Ixcán, 109–10

  Izabal, 107

  Izquierda Democrática (Democratic Left), 213

  Jalapa, 108, 110

  Jamaica, 22, 272, 275

  James, Ian, 250–1

  Janus, 175–9

  Japan, 13, 219

  Japanese International Cooperation Agency, 219

  Jarvis, Adam, 71

  Jimbotono, 218–19

  Jiménez, Andrés, 165

  jobs, see employment

  Jorgenson, Randy, 74–6

  Junín, 219–20

 

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