The long reach of Canada’s mining industry

Posted by goldcorpoutofguatemala on October 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

The long reach of Canada’s mining industry http://canadians.org/media/council/2012/08-Oct-12.html   By Meera Karunananthan, Raul Burbano, Sakura Saunders and Jennifer Moore The Hill Times October 8, 2012 Major news stories recently provided a glimpse into the Harper government’s close ties with the mining industry. They hint at a cozy relationship that gives mining companies undue influence over … Continue reading →

Category Barrick Gold, Bill C-300, Canadian Mining Legislation / Legislación minera canadiense, Canandian mining companies, CIDH - Comisión Interamericana / IACHR Inter-American Commission, Contaminación / Contamination, Corruption / Corrupción, Goldcorp Inc., Lawsuit / Proceso jurídico, Mina Marlin, Pueblos indígenas, San Miguel Ixtahuacán

Why we are shouting out against mining injustice

Posted by goldcorpoutofguatemala on June 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Why we are shouting out against mining injustice BY BRENT PATTERSON MEERA KARUNANANTHAN JUNE 18, 2012 In the next decade, the Conservative government predicts over $500 billion in investments in the mining and extractive sector here in Canada – a prophecy to be fulfilled by the reckless dismantling of already weak Canadian environmental safeguards through the omnibus … Continue reading →

Category Amenazas, Attacks on Human Rights Defenders / Agresiones a defensor@s de derechos humanos, Bill C-300, Canadian Mining Legislation / Legislación minera canadiense, Canadian Pension Plan, Canandian mining companies, Goldcorp Inc., ILO / OIT 169, Mina Marlin, Pacific Rim, Prior and Informed Consent / Consentimiento libre previo e informado, Pueblos indígenas, Tierras / Land Issues

La demolición de Canadá

Posted by goldcorpoutofguatemala on January 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

2012-01-03 La demolición de Canadá Alberto Rabilotta La gran crisis del capitalismo está permitiendo a la plutocracia financiera dominante destruir una a una todas las grandes conquistas socioeconómicas de los pueblos. Parecería que nada puede resistir a esa brutal aplanadora que cotidianamente deja un tendal de desempleados y excluidos. Y Canadá no es una excepción. … Continue reading →

Category (Ir)responsible investing, Bill C-300, CAFTA, Canadian Mining Legislation / Legislación minera canadiense, Canadian Pension Plan, Canandian mining companies, CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility, OECD / OCDE

Prospecting the Terrain of Struggle

Posted by goldcorpoutofguatemala on August 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

August 3, 2011 Prospecting the Terrain of Struggle Fight against Guatemalan Goldcorp enters halls of power, leaves disappointed by Andrew MacPherson The Dominion – http://www.dominionpaper.ca MONTREAL—New developments in Guatemala have continued to put pressure on the Goldcorp company, whose controversial Marlin mine has kept churning out the gold. As some continue in land-based struggles, others … Continue reading →

Category (Ir)responsible investing, Acid Mine Drainage / Drenaje minero ácido, AGM / Reunión de accionistas, Agua / Water, Amenazas, Bill C-300, Canadian Pension Plan, Canandian mining companies, CIDH - Comisión Interamericana / IACHR Inter-American Commission, Consulta / Consultation, Contaminación / Contamination, Ganancia, Goldcorp Inc., Health Issues, Honduras, Lawsuit / Proceso jurídico, MARN, Medidas Cautelares/ Precautionary Measures, MEM, Mina Marlin, Organización de Estados Americanos / Organization of American States, Shareholder Resolution, Technical Studies

Canada’s Quiet Hegemony in Latin America and Destructive Mining

Posted by goldcorpoutofguatemala on July 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=52465 Canada’s Quiet Hegemony in Latin America and Destructive Mining Daniel Whalen July 26th 2011 Council on Hemispheric Affairs Canada’s mining industry is the largest in the world, and in 2004 its world market share accounted for 60 percent of all mining companies. In fact, the entire Latin American region is second only to Canada … Continue reading →

Category (Ir)responsible investing, Attacks on Human Rights Defenders / Agresiones a defensor@s de derechos humanos, Bill C-300, CAFTA, Canadian Pension Plan, Canandian mining companies, Contaminación / Contamination, Goldcorp Inc., Honduras, Mexico, Pacific Rim, Uncategorized

Mining Injustice: Is ‘Canada’s University’ Complicit?

Posted by goldcorpoutofguatemala on April 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Mining Injustice: Is ‘Canada’s University’ Complicit? by Tasha PetersBrigette DePape , Media Co-op A recent post on the University of Ottawa website celebrates the signing of an agreement between the University and the Devonshire Initiative (DI), a “forum for leading international development NGOs and Canadian mining companies to come together in response to the social agenda surrounding private … Continue reading →

Category Bill C-300, Canandian mining companies, CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility, Goldcorp Inc., ILO / OIT 169

For Canadian companies overseas, a corporate heart of darkness

Posted by goldcorpoutofguatemala on March 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

For Canadian companies overseas, a corporate heart of darkness MARCUS GEE From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Mar. 23, 2011 When told that The Globe is doing a piece on the laws governing misbehaviour by Canadian companies in foreign countries, John McKay laughs. “That’ll be a short article,” he says. “There aren’t any.” The … Continue reading →

Category (Ir)responsible investing, Bill C-300, Canandian mining companies, Corruption / Corrupción

Guatemalan widow’s lawsuit against HudBay could be precedent setting

Posted by goldcorpoutofguatemala on February 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

By: Matthew Hill 18th February 2011 Updated 4 hours ago TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – The trial of a Guatemalan woman who is suing Canadian miner HudBay Minerals for C$12-million in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice for the death of her husband in 2009 is “probably years away”, Angelica Choc’s lawyer said on Thursday. Choc, represented … Continue reading →

Category (Ir)responsible investing, Bill C-300, Canandian mining companies, El Estor

INTERNATIONAL MINING & IMPUNITY DAY: CANADIAN-AMERICAN MINING COMPANIES MAKING A KILLING IN EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, CHIAPAS, …

Posted by goldcorpoutofguatemala on December 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

December 10, 2010 By Grahame Russell, info@rightsaction.org, http://www.rightsaction.org December 10th is celebrated by some as “international human rights day”. For the global mining industry, we commemorate “international impunity day”. Below, summaries of recent assassinations and attacks in El Salvador, Guatemala and Chiapas related to community struggles in resistance to environmental and health harms and other … Continue reading →

Category Bill C-300, CAFTA, Canandian mining companies, El Estor, Goldcorp Inc., Health Issues, Mexico, Mina Marlin, Pacific Rim