Posts tagged "Guatemala"

Statement of the M4 Movement in Mesoamerica

The M4 movement unites groups and organisations in Panama, México, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, United States and Canada.

A recent statement by the movement condemns Goldcorp’s Marlin mine in Guatemala. Goldcorp is a Canadian company …
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Shareholders Say Guatemalans Should Not Have to Pay for Goldcorp’s Mess

Several shareholders have filed a resolution with Goldcorp Inc asking the company to commit to the full costs of closure of the Marlin mine in Guatemala, and to fully disclose its closure plans. They indicate …
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Goldcorp in Guatemala: Seven Years & No End In Sight to predictable harms, violations, impunity and profits

Montana Exploradora, a subsidiary of the Canadian company Goldcorp Inc, has been exploiting natural resources, particularly gold, in the highlands of San Marcos since 2005. The people of San Marcos, where the Marlin mine is …
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IACHR’s lenience towards Goldcorp is criticised by NGOs

Goldcorp is a Canadian company. Among its major investors are British-based AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd., Blackrock Commodities Income Trust plc and City Natural High Yield Trust plc.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), …
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OAS Human Rights Commission withdraws demand for Marlin Mine closure

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States has notified the Guatemalan government that the IACHR has withdrawn its demand that Guatemala close Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine.

See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page72068?oid=141942&sn=Detail&pid=92730.

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Goldcorp Removed from Dow Jones Sustainability Index

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 …
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HudBay gets out of Guatemala – but won’t escape

Canada’s HudBay Minerals is about to sell all its interests in Guatemala’s Fenix project. Almost certainly one of the prompts for its withdrawal is the murder of a man, and the alleged gang-rapes of eleven …
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Further Goldcorp human rights issues in Guatemala and Honduras

On 7 July 2010, Diodora Antonia Hernandez Cinto (a Mayan-Mam campesina woman from the mountainous village of San Jose Nueva Esperanza) was shot point-blank in the head and left for dead by two local men …
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Guatemala: why doesn’t the government close Marlin down?

Goldcorp’s Marlin mine in Guatemala is getting to be the most criticised in Latin America – and one of the most divisive too. International bodies are lining up to demand a close down, while Goldcorp …
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Guatemalan president snubs Mayan peoples

Mayan organisations in Guatemala have accused the government of adopting a “legal ruse” to limit Indigenous Peoples’ right to be consulted on mining and hydroelectric projects. The Guatemalan Campesino Unity Committee declares that a new …
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Goldcorp hammered for abuses in Guatemala

Last week, Latin American human rights advocates and Indigenous Peoples’ representatives were in Vancouver, testifying to the devastating impacts that Canadian-owned mines are having on their lives, homes and territories. They levelled accusations specifically against …
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Pressure builds on Goldcorp, just before its AGM

Goldcorp is a Canadian company. Among its major investors are British-based AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd (US$4.3 million), Blackrock Commodities Income Trust plc, and City Natural Resources High Yield Trust PLC. Goldcorp holds its AGM
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