In July, 2017, the stock of NYSE-traded Tahoe Resources dropped 33 percent when the Supreme Court of Guatemala suspended its license to operate the world’s third-largest silver mine.[14] The suspension was the result of a lawsuit claiming that the company ignored an Indigenous group’s right to consultation in advance of granting the license and was the culmination of a long history of alleged human rights violations in the area that went undisclosed to investors.[15]… [read post]