Regions One, Seven residents turn up heat over mining at Chinese Landing
Indigenous communities in Guyana's Regions One (Barima-Waini) and Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) have staged a coordinated wave of peaceful protest against mining at Chinese Landing. Villagers walked onto their titled lands and riverbanks to show collective resolve. For decades they carried their grievances in quiet endurance, and this action breaks that long silence. The mobilization was described as unprecedented in its scale.
By Khadidja Ba (Kaieteur News) – After decades of carrying their grievances in quiet resilience, some Indigenous communities of Guyana’s interior have broken a long silence. In an unprecedented wave of coordinated, peaceful action, villages across Region One (Barima-Waini) and Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) took to their titled lands and riverbanks in a display of collective resolve […] The post Regions One, Seven residents turn up heat over mining at Chinese Landing appeared first on Kaieteur News .