Yamana Gold

Lundi, août 15, 2011

Argentine Federal Prosecutor Gustavo Gómez describes what he calls the cycle of corruption (círculo cerrado): companies are allowed to operate without adequate regard for the environment and subsequently use their enormous profits to ensure ever-increasing impunity. Mr. Gómez firmly believes that his office is best employed in prosecuting company directors as the intellectual authors of environmental crimes – feasible under Argentinean law, but difficult to do even under relatively progressive governments.

Lundi, août 15, 2011

Argentine Federal Prosecutor Gustavo Gómez outlines five lines of investigation related to this mining operation, from environmental issues to concerns about the Argentinean State's lost revenues.

Lundi, août 15, 2011

A number of Argentinean universities have refused to accept donations from mining companies and Argentine Federal Prosecutor Gustavo Gómez calls on Canadian institutions to carefully look at company practices when considering offers of this type of funding.

Lundi, août 15, 2011

In Argentina, the movement to protect the environment has moved from the fringes and the university classroom, to communities concerned for their well-being, to the court room. Mr. Gómez discusses the challenges and his hopes for his country’s future. He also provides an interesting insight into the effectiveness of calling for justice from the judges hearing environmental cases, arguing that public attention helps counter-balance the behind-the-scenes influence often wielded by companies.

Lundi, août 15, 2011

The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court was adopted in 1998 and can be viewed as a precedent, according to Argentine Federal Prosecutor Gustavo Gómez, for the establishment of an international environmental crimes court. He believes such a body is essential to ending the impunity that multi-national companies causing large-scale, long-term environmental damage enjoy. He explains how this dream could come true.

Lundi, août 15, 2011

Antonio Gustavo Gómez is the General Prosecutor in Argentina’s Federal Court of Appeal for the province of Tucumán. He specializes in the investigation of environmental crimes. In early 2011, Mr. Gómez visited Canada. MiningWatch Canada hosted him while he was in Ottawa. We have produced five videos from that visit, in Spanish with English subtitles.

Jeudi, avril 29, 2010

Residents in the community of Andalgalá in the department of Andalgalá, province of Catamarca, in northwest Argentina are calling for an end to mining in their region.

Argentina, Yamana Gold
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;

Vendredi, novembre 28, 2008

Ten days ago, the Federal Chambers of Tucumán in Argentina brought criminal charges of environmental contamination against Julián Rooney, Vice-President of Bajo La Alumbrera, Argentina’s largest mining operation located in Catamarca and Tucumán. Rooney is free, but his possessions are impounded, and the company will appeal the ruling to the Court of Appeals, and possibly to the Supreme Court. This is the first ruling in all of Latin America against a mining company for crimes against the environment.

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.