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Honduras deal: Another example of Canada’s poor record on trade and human rights
Commercial interests have again trumped human rights concerns, like they did three years ago with the Colombia trade deal. Embassy…
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Zimbabwe miners shut down after diamond resource exhausted
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Tibetan Women Attacked, Beaten at Anti-Mine Rally
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Rural Communities Push El Salvador Towards Ban on Mining
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