Guatemala sets curfew in province after protests

GUATEMALA CITY – The Guatemalan authorities declared a month-long, dawn-to-dusk curfew Sunday and banned pubic gatherings successful the bluish coastal state of Izabal, pursuing 2 days of protests against a mining project.

Thousands of constabulary confronted demonstrators angered by a nickel excavation tally by the Swiss-based Solway Investment Group.

Protesters accidental they weren’t consulted astir the mine, and lobbed stones astatine police, who responded with teardrop state and stones.

The country’s highest tribunal has suspended operations astatine the Fenix excavation due to the fact that it ruled that Indigenous groups successful the country had not been decently consulted astir the project, and residents person acceptable up protestation encampments and held marches demanding they beryllium included successful the consultation.

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