Honduras

Goldcorp Removed from Dow Jones Sustainability Index

Mercredi, septembre 21, 2011

Press Release: Effective September 19th, Goldcorp has been removed from the Dow Jones North America Sustainability Index. The announcement comes in the context of ongoing allegations of human rights violations and evidence of environmental contamination in communities affected by Goldcorp’s mining activities.

Étiquettes: Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Guatemala, Honduras, Impact on Communities, Goldcorp

International Call to Halt Criminalization of Environmental Defenders in Honduras

Vendredi, juillet 15, 2011

Fifty-two international civil society organizations have asked Honduran authorities to stop criminalizing environmental defenders and to ensure them personal freedom, due process, and the right to continue their defence of human rights.

Étiquettes: Honduras, Human Rights, Goldcorp

Comunidades Afectadades de las Américas Exige a la Industria Minera Canadiense Respetar sus Derechos

Mardi, mai 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.

Étiquettes: 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

Mardi, mai 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.

Étiquettes: Water, Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Guatemala, Honduras, Environment, Mexico, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, First Majestic Silver, Glamis Gold, Goldcorp

Military Coups, Mining & Canadian Involvement in Honduras

Jeudi, septembre 23, 2010

By Karen Spring (with Grahame Russell) for Rights Action: Canada is proceeding with "business as usual" in Honduras, even as Canadian government officials and politicians receive a steady stream of reports on on-going State-sponsored repression in Honduras. Repression is being widely used to keep in place an undemocratic regime and an unjust economic model that favours global investors and corporate interests, such as the mining industry.

Étiquettes: Corporate Accountability, Honduras, Aura Minerals, Goldcorp

IUCN Assembly Opposes Mining In Central America

Jeudi, décembre 11, 2008

GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION OF THE IUCN, BARCELONA, SPAIN

CGR4.MOT141 Exploration and exploitation of open-cast mining activities in Mesoamerica

(UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION)

WHEREAS there are decisions to invest in the exploitation of metallic minerals in the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor that will affect thousands of hectares of primary forests, key watersheds in the area, and marine coastal areas rich in biodiversity, and thus human health and food security for the population;

Étiquettes: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Aura Minerals, Nicaragua, Panama, Goldcorp, HudBay Minerals, Infinito Gold, Inmet, Pacific Rim, Petaquilla Minerals, Skye, Yamana Gold

Investing in Conflict - Public Money, Private Gain: Goldcorp in the Americas

Dimanche, mai 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.

Étiquettes: Argentina, California, Nevada, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Glamis Gold, Goldcorp, Golden Star

Goldcorp Analysis

Jeudi, septembre 13, 2007

A report on the activities of Goldcorp around the world: “Given the rapid pace of mergers and acquisitions that Goldcorp has made over the last few years, it is too early to see how the new expanded company will behave in the real world, and what kind of social and environmental responsibility it will assume.”

Étiquettes: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Nevada, Dominican Republic, South Dakota, Ontario, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Goldcorp

Honduras: Demonstrators Push for a New Mining Law

Mercredi, juillet 25, 2007

Mid-July in Honduras has been a tumultuous time, as citizens have taken to the streets to make their voices heard in a struggle to gain more legal control over their land and resources and prevent the creation of further open pit mines.