PART IV: WASHINGTON TARGETED ‘CORRUPT’ MINES. WORKERS PAID THE GREATEST PRICE.
U.S. sanctions on Guatemala’s mines ~2 years ago are barely known in Washington — a blip in the +9K sanctions imposed since Biden took office
But we went to a remote part of Guatemala and found a region in crisis
+2K employees lost their jobs. Local government lost its biggest source of income. Business activity plummeted.
Unemployment rose. Hunger and malnutrition followed.
As the Biden admin spent millions of taxpayer $ to prevent migration out of Central America, hundreds of workers laid off due to U.S. sanctions *decided to come here*
Most tragic of all: At least 4 laid off workers due to U.S. sanctions then died while emigrating to the U.S., per officials & records
What went wrong?
Our full story:
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