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Tag Archives: Honduras
Indigenous community in Honduras faces new threats
New mining conflicts have been emerging in Honduras, particularly since the approval of a Canadian-backed mining law passed in January 2013. Approval of this law lifted a nine year moratorium on new mining projects at a time when Honduras is … Continue reading
May 1st, 2014 Action & Petition: Goldcorp Makes Me Sick! | GOLDCORP ¡ME ENFERMA!
Picket the Goldcorp AGM! May 1 – 2 pm In front of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 655 Burrard St Vancouver, unceded Coast Salish Territories Organized by the Mining Justice Alliance Why picket Goldcorp Inc.? Among the world’s largest gold producers, … Continue reading
Posted in Community Resistance, Environment and Health, Goldcorp, Local and Indigenous Rights, Tahoe Resources
Tagged Carrizalillo, Consultation, Escobal mine, Event, Guatemala, Guerrero, Honduras, Los Filos mine, Marlin mine, Mexico, Our Projects, San Martin mine, San Rafael Las Flores, Siria Valley
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Environmentalist and communicator from the Siria Valley, Honduras denounces threats (GOLDCORP related)
Environmentalist and communicator from the Siria Valley, Honduras denounces threats Monday, February 17, 2014 Translated from the original posted by Honduran journalist Dina Meza on February 14, 2014 in facebook: Carlos Amador, an environmentalist and communicator from the Siria Valley … Continue reading
Urgent Action: Death Threat Against Mining Activist in Honduras
HONDURAS: DEATH THREAT AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER An environmental journalist has received a death threat after publicly condemning the environmental impacts of opencast mining and illegal logging in Honduras. Environmental activist and journalist Juana Dolores Valenzuela received an email death … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict and Repression, Environment and Health
Tagged Honduras, Urgent Action
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MAY 12 (UNDER)Mining Justice Film Fest!
The other face of Canada’s Mining Corporations (Under)Mining Justice Film Festival Films that Dig Deep into Canada’s Growing Reputation as a Global Extractive Industries Bully It’s the eve of BC Mining Week. BC’s mining industry leaders will spend the week … Continue reading
Posted in Oh, Canada: Canadian policy
Tagged alberta, british columbia, Cabañas, Colombia, creative-art, Ecuador, El Salvador, Enbridge, Enbridge pipeline, Event, Guatemala, Honduras, Kainai, Marmato, Mary River, Mindanao, mining in canada, MOBIT, Nunavut, Our Projects, Philippines, Tibet
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Investing in Conflict: Public Money, Private Gain: Goldcorp in the Americas (Report)
A detailed 28 page 2009 Rights Action report by Dawn Paley overviewing issues (community struggles, water resources, acid mine drainage, mercury, cyanide & tailings, mining regulation in Canada), case studies, and who benefits in relation to Vancouver-based Goldcorp’s mining operations. [From … Continue reading
Posted in Community Resistance, Conflict and Repression, Corporate Impunity, Environment and Health, Goldcorp, Local and Indigenous Rights, Oh, Canada: Canadian policy, Property and Livelihoods, Social Costs, Private Profit
Tagged Alumbrera mine, Argentina, Guatemala, Honduras, Imperial project, Los Filos mine, Marigold mine, Marlin mine, Mexico, Nukay mine, Penasquito, Pueblo Viejo, San Martin mine, USA, Wharf mine
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Metals mining and sustainable development in Central America (Report)
2008 Oxfam report by Thomas M. Power, assessing the benefits and costs of metals mining, paying special attention to Pacific Rim’s El Dorado Mine in El Salvador, Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine in Guatemala and Goldcorp’s San Martin Mine in Honduras. This … Continue reading
Dirty Metals: Mining Communities and the Environment (Earthworks & Oxfam)
This detailed 30 page 2004 report outlines a variety of environmental concerns related to metals mining, and includes discussion of cases from all over the world, including those of mines owned by Vancouver-based Goldcorp (owner of Glamis), Placer-Dome (now Barrick) and Turquoise Hill … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict and Repression, Environment and Health, Goldcorp, Local and Indigenous Rights, Placer Dome, Property and Livelihoods, Social Costs, Private Profit, Turquoise Hill Resources (Ivanhoe)
Tagged Burma, displacement, Honduras, Marcopper, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Tambogrande, women
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