Glamis Gold

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Comunicado de prensa: Defensores de los derechos humanos de América Latina están presentes en Vancouver para dar evidenciar los impactos devastadores que la minería canadiense tiene sobre sus vidas, sus hogares y sus territorios.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

News release: Latin American human rights advocates are in Vancouver to testify about the devastating impacts that Canadian-owned mines are having on their lives, homes and territories.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Photo essay: Despite repeated recommendations from the international community during 2010 to suspend Goldcorp’s controversial Marlin mine in the northwestern highlands of Guatemala, the open-pit mine continues operating. Its presence in the indigenous municipalities of San Miguel Ixtahuacán and Sipacapa has led to allegations of serious human rights violations and social upheaval.

Sunday, May 4, 2008

A report by Rights Action: The nexus of mining companies, the mainstream media, the Canadian government, International Finance Institutions and bought off NGOs work hard to keep the reality of large-scale, open pit mines out of picture, keep community resistance marginalized, and no matter what, to keep talking about “development.” This report is about bringing hard facts and community perspectives together to help North Americans become more informed about the nature of the mining industry.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

By: Shin Imai, Ladan Mehranvar, and Jennifer Sander; reproduced from the Indigenous Law Journal, Volume 6, Issue 1, 2007 with permission from the authors. This is a case study of a small Indigenous community in Guatemala that defied a powerful Canadian mining company by holding a community vote on whether to allow mining on its territory. The result of the vote—to stop mining activity on its territory—has not been honoured by the Canadian mining company.

Monday, June 25, 2007

Department of San Marcos, Guatemala
June 18, 2007
Text: Saqrik / Photography, Translation and Captions: MiMundo.org

MiMundo.orgPeoples’ right to be consulted about industrial mega-projects is legally established by international agreements, built into national legislation and constitutions, and thrown about in the discourse of resource extraction companies the world over.

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

The Canadian mining map was produced by the Halifax Initiative during the National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries. The Roundtables, which took place between June and November of 2006, fulfilled one of the recommendations made in the groundbreaking report, Mining in Developing Countries and Corporate Social Responsibility, tabled by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade (SCFAIT) in June 2005.

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

by Albert Koehl

What do poor farmers (campesinos) in Guatemala’s western highlands have in common with the former CEO of a multi-billion dollar Canadian gold mining company? Quite a bit, actually, when the former CEO is Rob McEwen and the issue is a battle against cavalier corporate decision-making. And then again, not much at all when it comes to the doting attention the Canadian media gave McEwen while ignoring the farmers, even though their battle involves their livelihoods -- and lives -- and the same gold.

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.

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.