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

Threats and Violence Continue against Salvadoran Environmentalists

Posted by goldcorpoutofguatemala on January 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

http://upsidedownworld.org/main/el-salvador-archives-74/3428-threats-and-violence-continue-against-salvadoran-environmentalists Threats and Violence Continue against Salvadoran Environmentalists Written by Danielle Mackey and Theodora Simon Thursday, 26 January 2012 20:21 Violence and intimidation continue in El Salvador against environmental activists and human rights defenders who have publicly opposed metallic mining. The latest round of threats targetted a Salvadoran Catholic priest, Father Neftalí Ruiz, and a … Continue reading →

Category Amenazas, Attacks on Human Rights Defenders / Agresiones a defensor@s de derechos humanos, Conferencia de prensa / Press Conference, Pacific Rim

Mining for Profits in International Tribunals

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

Mining for Profits in International Tribunals By Sarah Anderson, J. Alejandro Artiga-Purcell, Rebecca Dreyfus, Manuel Perez-Rocha Corporate lawsuits against governments over resource rights continue to increase. In the context of high global prices for natural resources, governments seeking to increase the benefits of those resources for their own people are facing an increasing number of corporate lawsuits. … Continue reading →

Category (Ir)responsible investing, CAFTA, Investor-State Arbitration, Lawsuit / Proceso jurídico, Pacific Rim

Mining a Grave Concern in Guatemala’s Election

Posted by goldcorpoutofguatemala on September 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Mining a Grave Concern in Guatemala’s Election Friday, 09 September 2011 11:01 Kathryn M. Martorana   September 11, 2011 will mark Guatemala’s fourth democratic presidential election since the signing of the 1996 Peace Accords brought an end to decades of civil war and military rule. Leading in national polls is Otto Pérez Molina, a former … Continue reading →

Category (Ir)responsible investing, Amenazas, CAFTA, Canandian mining companies, CERD, CIDH - Comisión Interamericana / IACHR Inter-American Commission, Consulta / Consultation, Contaminación / Contamination, Desalojos / Evictions, El Estor, Elecciones / Elections, Goldcorp Inc., HudBay / CGN, ILO / OIT 169, Manifestación / Protest, Medidas Cautelares/ Precautionary Measures, Mina Marlin, Organización de Estados Americanos / Organization of American States, Pacific Rim, Prior and Informed Consent / Consentimiento libre previo e informado, Pueblos indígenas

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

Like Water for Gold in El Salvador

Posted by goldcorpoutofguatemala on July 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

http://www.thenation.com/article/162009/water-gold-el-salvador “Like Water for Gold in El Salvador” Robin Broad and John Cavanagh July 11, 2011   |    This article appeared in the August 1-8, 2011 edition of The Nation. Thirty years ago, several thousand civilians in the northern Salvadoran community of Santa Marta quickly gathered a few belongings and fled the US-funded Salvadoran military as … Continue reading →

Category Agua / Water, Amenazas, CAFTA, Canandian mining companies, Licencias, Pacific Rim

Like Water for Gold in El Salvador

Posted by goldcorpoutofguatemala on July 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Like Water for Gold in El Salvador Robin Broad and John Cavanagh July 11, 2011   |    This article appeared in the August 1-8, 2011 edition of The Nation Thirty years ago, several thousand civilians in the northern Salvadoran community of Santa Marta quickly gathered a few belongings and fled the US-funded Salvadoran military as … Continue reading →

Category (Ir)responsible investing, CAFTA, Canandian mining companies, Consulta / Consultation, Licencias, Manifestación / Protest, Pacific Rim

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