The Hidden Story of a Notorious Guatemalan Nickel Mine
[ad_1] Cristóbal Pop vividly remembers when the lake suddenly turned red. Indigenous Maya Q’eqchi’ fishermen depend on Lake Izabal, Guatemala’s largest lake, for their livelihoods, and Pop had just been elected president of the local fishers guild when the water changed color. “It had a bad smell,” said Pop, sitting in the shade outside his…

