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Guatemala says it will suspend Goldcorp’s Marlin mine
The Guatemala government has said that it will suspend Goldcorp's Marlin mine in San Miguel Ixtahuacán to make way for a full investigation of the health, environmental, and human rights impacts of the controversial mine project. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) ordered the suspension on May 21, following the release of a new [...]
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Shoshone lose court bid to protect Mount Tenabo
The Te-Moak Tribe of the Western Shoshone have lost another court bid to stop the expansion of the Cortez Hills mine project on their traditional territory. On June 18, 2010, the U.S. Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided to rule against the Shoshone, reversing its previous ruling in December 2009 that ordered a temporarily [...]
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Thousands of Tibetans mobilize to defend Sacred Mountains
A massive police crackdown may be imminent in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), where thousands of Tibetan villagers have mobilized to defend their sacred mountains from exploitation. According to reports from Radio Free Asia (RFA), the villagers are attempting to halt three separate gold mines in Tsongshen, Choeten, and Deshoe in Markham county, TAR. As [...]
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Canada’s Goldcorp to be tried by the Permanent Peoples Tribunal
One of Canada's most notorious mining companies, Goldcorp, will be tried this week in Madrid, Spain, by the Permanent Peoples Tribunal (PPT). A group of NGO's have accused Goldcorp of violating the rights of the Mayan People in San Miguel Ixtahuacan, Guatemala, where the company is operating the Marlin gold mine. Frente de Defensa Miguelense, [...]
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Blue Gold: The Tsilhqot’in Fight for Teztan Biny
Blue Gold: The Tsilhqot’in Fight for Teztan Biny (Fish Lake) is a revealing look at the Tsilhqot'in peoples' rejection of Taseko Mine's plan to drain Teztan Biny (Fish Lake) and convert it into a mining waste dump site. Teztan Biny is one of 16 lakes in Canada that the Federal government marked for reclassification in [...]
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Goldcorp in Guatemala and the limits of the MDGs
"The Marlin mine has divided our town, harassed protesters, and made us afraid for the health of our families." "Is this economic development? Could Goldcorp do this in Canada?" In this video, Aniseto López and Sister Maudilia López Cardona from the "Front in Defence of San Miguel Ixtahuacán" (FREDEMI) talk briefly about Goldcorp's Marlin mine, [...]
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Guatemalan Mining Re-Sister Crisanta Perez arrested by police
Crisanta Perez, a Maya Mam villager from the community of Agel, in San Miguel Ixtahuacan, Guatemala, was arrested by police for an outstanding arrest warrant that was laid against her in 2008, reports the maritimes-guatemala Breaking the Silence Network (BTS). Crisanta had been in hiding for the past several months, due to several threats on [...]
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