Mexico

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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Mining has played an important economic role in Mexico since pre-Hispanic times. After the Spanish conquest, it attracted settlers to the arid lands of northern Mexico, displacing the borders of the Spanish dominion. In modern times, it became one of the antecedents of the Mexican Revolution when, in 1906, workers launched a major strike against the American company Cananean Consolidated Copper in the state of Sonora. The strike was repressed with violence and bloodshed, consecrating the miners as the precursors of labour struggles in the country.

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CSR Counsellor Fails in First Attempt to Resolve Dispute as Excellon Resources Abandons Dialogue
Thursday, October 27, 2011

Press Release: Canada’s Corporate Social Responsibility Counsellor has failed in her first attempt to resolve a conflict with a Canadian mining company operating beyond our borders. The refusal of Excellon Resources Inc. (TSX: EXN) to participate in a dialogue process under Canada’s CSR Counsellor for the Extractive Sector underlines the serious difficulties facing workers and communities abroad in dealing with Canadian mining companies and underscores the inadequacy of this complaint mechanism.

Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Mexico, Labour, Excellon
Canadian Mining and the Costs to Workers: Notes on the El Cubo/Local 142 Strike, 2010-2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Anthropologist Elizabeth Ferry reviews what took place during a recent strike at the El Cubo mine owned by Canada's AuRico Gold (formerly named Gammon Gold) near Guanajuato, Mexico. While the strike has now been resolved and most of the workers are back at work, the strike raised important issues about labour relations between Canadian mining companies and workers and surrounding communities.

Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, AuRico Gold/Gammon Gold, Mexico, Impact on Communities, Labour
Policía canadiense allana a minera por alegaciones de coima
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Traducción: Versión en español de la noticia original sobre el allanamiento por la Policía Montada Real Canadiense (RCMP por sus siglas en inglés) de las oficinas de Blackfire Exploration Ltd. por alegaciones de coima el 20 de julio de 2011.

Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Mexico, Impact on Communities, Blackfire
Canadian Civil Society Welcomes RCMP Raid on Blackfire Exploration
Monday, August 29, 2011

News release: MiningWatch Canada, Common Frontiers, the United Steelworkers (USW), and Council of Canadians welcome news of an RCMP raid on the Calgary office of Blackfire Exploration, the privately-held company whose barite mine in Chiapas, Mexico has been in the news since the November 2009 murder of anti-mining activist Mariano Abarca.

Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Mexico, Impact on Communities, Blackfire
Statement from the Mexican Network of Communities Affected by Mining Regarding RCMP Raid on Blackfire Offices
Sunday, August 28, 2011

Communiqué: The Mexican Network of Communities Affected by Mining - Chiapas chapter released a statement following revelations that the RCMP raided Blackfire Exploration's Calgary-based offices on July 20, 2011.

Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Mexico, Impact on Communities, Blackfire
Wixárika people deliver letter to Mexican President Calderón and shareholders of First Majestic Silver
Friday, May 20, 2011

Open letter - The Wixárika indigenous people delivered the following letter to President of Mexico Felipe Calderón in Mexico City on May 9, 2011. A delegation from the Wixárika people then presented the same letter to First Majestic Silver shareholders on May 19, 2011, during the company's annual general meeting in Vancouver. The letter expresses concern about the impacts that a proposed silver mine will have on one of their most important sacred ceremonial sites, called Wirikuta.

Corporate Accountability, Mexico, Indigenous Rights, First Majestic Silver
Comunidades Afectadades de las Américas Exige a la Industria Minera Canadiense Respetar sus Derechos
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.

Water, Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Guatemala, Honduras, Environment, Mexico, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, First Majestic Silver, Glamis Gold, Goldcorp
Affected Communities from the Americas Demand that Canadian Mining Industry Respect Their Rights
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.

Water, Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Guatemala, Honduras, Environment, Mexico, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, First Majestic Silver, Glamis Gold, Goldcorp
First Anniversary Update on Complaint filed with RCMP over Canadian Mining Company’s Apparent Involvement in Mexican Corruption Case
Thursday, March 10, 2011

Joint news release with Common Frontiers: A year ago today a coalition of nine Canadian non-governmental groups filed a memo with the RCMP asking that Calgary-based Blackfire Exploration Ltd. and its Mexican subsidiary be investigated under the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act.

Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Mexico, Blackfire

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