An evening with Angélica Choc

Friday, March 20, 2015 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Location: First Metropolitan United Church, Room 119
932 Balmoral Road, Victoria

Angélica Choc is an indigenous Mayan Q’eqchi’ from El Estor, Guatemala and one of the plaintiffs in a groundbreaking court case, Choc v. HudBay Minerals Inc.

As featured in the film Defensora, Angélica has filed a lawsuit in Ontario courts against Canadian mining company HudBay Minerals over the brutal killing of her husband Adolfo Ich.

Angélica will share her story and her community's fight for justice.

Angélica will also be particpating in the State of Extraction conference in Vancouver, March 27 -29.


 

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