Latin America and the Caribbean

Vannessa Ventures Drops Defamation Charges Against Costa Rican Environmentalist
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
On October 11, 2006, at 8:30 in the morning – minutes before the hearing was to begin – Industrias Infinito, the Costa Rican subsidiary of Calgary-based Vannessa Ventures, dropped its lawsuit against Marco Tulio Araya for defamation and damages. The company also agreed to reimburse Araya, a journalist ...
Costa Rica, Newsletter 23: Summer/Autumn 2006, Infinito Gold
PBI-Canada Delegation to Guatemala Witnesses Struggle for Lake Izabal
Tuesday, October 24, 2006

By Ken Luckhardt, Chairperson, PBI-Canada and Board Member, MiningWatch Canada

Guatemala, Newsletter 23: Summer/Autumn 2006, HudBay Minerals, Skye
Mining-related films at Planet In Focus Film Festival, Toronto
Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Friday, November 3, 2006
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto

MiningWatch Canada is sponsoring two films at this years’ Planet in Focus environmental film festival in Toronto.

Ecuador, Guatemala, Educational Materials, Newsletter 23: Summer/Autumn 2006, Copper Mesa/Ascendant Copper, Glamis Gold, Goldcorp
Urgent Action: Police Raid Home of Ecuadorian Environmentalist
Sunday, October 22, 2006

According to reports from the Intag Solidarity Network and CEDHU, the Ecumenical Human Rights Commission of Ecuador, on October 17, 2006, police raided the home of environmental activist Carlos Zorrilla and that of his neighbour Roberto Castro in an unprovoked and unjustified show of force, intimidating his family and Mr. Castro. Mr. Zorrilla was not present at the time and his whereabouts are still unknown, although we understand he is alive and well.

Ecuador, Copper Mesa/Ascendant Copper
Mining-related Films at Planet In Focus Film Festival, Toronto
Friday, October 20, 2006

MiningWatch Canada is sponsoring two films at this years’ Planet in Focus environmental film festival in Toronto. Jenny Sharman, director of "The Curse of Copper", will be present to discuss the film, and Andy Altilia, a member of the Hamilton-based Guatemala solidarity group Compañer@s North-South, will be present to discuss "Sipakapa No Se Vende". Obviously we are encouraging people to attend these films, but please check out the exciting program for the entire festival.

Ecuador, Guatemala, Copper Mesa/Ascendant Copper, Glamis Gold, Goldcorp
Letter to Skye Resources re: Fenix project
Friday, September 29, 2006

Ian Austin, President and CEO
Skye Resources
Suite 1203-700 West Pender Street
Vancouver, BC
Canada, V6C 1G8

September 28, 2006

Dear Mr. Austin,

Guatemala, HudBay Minerals, Skye
25 Communities of Chalatenango Create a Symbol of their Resistance to Mining Companies
Friday, September 29, 2006
by Sebastián Darío San Salvador—Roughly 600 people hiked from their organized communities into the hills of Chalatenango last week carrying a life-size cement statue of the Virgin Mary as a symbol of their resistance to transnational mining companies Aura Silver Resources Inc. and Intrepid Minerals Inc. continued activities in their communities. The statue was placed ...
El Salvador, Au Martinique Silver
Chalatenango Communities Say ‘No’ to Mining Before Salvadoran Legislative Assembly
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
By Sebastian Dario (Chalatenango) On Saturday, September 2, 2006, the El Salvador Legislative Assembly held its weekly floor session in Chalatenango City rather than in San Salvador. The organized communities of the CCR-CRIPDES (Association of Rural Communities for the Development of Chalatenango-Christian Committee for the Displaced of El Salvador) were present, lining the streets ...
El Salvador, Au Martinique Silver, Intrepid Mines
Will Ascendant Copper Be Stopped in its Tracks?
Friday, August 25, 2006

Friends of the Earth CanadaFriends of the Earth Canada - MiningWatch Canada

Communities in Ecuador's Intag region have filed for an injunction to stop Canadian junior mining company Ascendant Copper Corporation (TSX:ACX) from working to develop an open pit copper mine on their land

Ecuador, Copper Mesa/Ascendant Copper
Dangerous Contamination Levels in Siria Valley demonstrated by independent study
Friday, August 18, 2006

On Thursday, August 17th, the Siria Valley Environmental Committee held a press conference in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, to present the alarming results of the latest investigations into the ongoing health crisis in the communities affected by Glamis Gold’s San Martin gold mine in the Siria Valley.

Honduras, Glamis Gold, Goldcorp

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