Jul 11, 2013 · Guatemala's president Otto Perez Molina plans to place a twoyear moratorium on issuing new mining and exploration licenses giving the nation time to reform its mining law, says Tahoe Resources (TSX:THO; NYSE: TAHO).. Tahoe, which is advancing its Escobal silver project in Guatemala, assured investors the potential ban will not impact any of its licenses or plans to bring .

May 07, 2021 · Canadian firms dominate mining in Guatemala as well. Last month, a Canadian legal academic brought a case before Canada's Federal Court, alleging that the minister of foreign affairs improperly withheld information about the government's support for Goldcorp.

The Council of Canadians' Blue Planet Project has partnered with the Projet d'Accompagnement Guatemala Quebec to launch a new campaign called The Money are calling on people living in Canada and Quebec to show their solidarity with mining impacted communities in Guatemala by pushing for the divestment of Canadian funds from the mining projects of Goldcorp and Tahoe .

In 2010, Tahoe Resource Group, a Canadian mining company, had bought a majority stake of the rights for three separate exploration and exploitation licenses for gold, silver, lead, and zinc in .

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This is a case study of a small Indigenous community in Guatemala that defied a powerful Canadian mining company by holding a community vote on whether to allow mining on its territory.

Apr 17, 2015 · Alexandra Pedersen presents the ongoing issues surrounding a Canadian mining company's presence in Guatemala. Canada and the Guatemalan government work in tandem to exploit Guatemala's natural resources, claiming its benefits to economic development. Community members have expressed their opposition to the specific mining project El Tambor in central Guatemala, but .

Jul 25, 2013 · Landmark Ruling Against Canadian Mining Abuses in Guatemala. On July 22, Ontario Superior Court Justice Carole Brown ruled in a landmark decision that lawsuits against the Canadian mining company Minerals regarding shootings, murder, and rapes at its former mine in El Estor, Guatemala can proceed to trial in Canada.

Jan 20, 2020 · Faces and names. I write this with the names and faces of victims of mining harms, violations and repression in my heart and mind. Since the early 2000s, I have visited mining harmed communities across Guatemala many times – alone, or with visiting journalists, filmmakers and hundreds of and Canadian citizens on eduional, human rights factfinding trips.

Jan 07, 2021 · A judge in Guatemala has accepted a guilty plea by the former head of security at Central America's largest nickel mine who was on ... Transnational mining corporations, most of them Canadian ...

Unearthing Justice shines a light on how Canadian mining companies operate and how Canadians and the environment end up suffering as a result. More to the point, it outlines how to oppose mines, how to force mining companies to improve their operations, and how we as Canadians can hold these corporations accountable for their actions.".

Jul 01, 2019 · Canadian officials – notably in Guatemala – have thus made a distinction between "antimining" and "prosustainable mining" in their evaluations of NGO appliions for official development aid. 26 Rightsbased interventions from local or international third parties are also defined by both Canadian officials and company ...

Breaking news! September 28, 2012, Toronto, Canada: Almost three years to the day after the brutal slaying of community leader Adolfo Ich at Minerals' mining project in Guatemala, Guatemalan authorities finally arrested the former chief of security of the mine, Mynor Padilla, on charges of murder and attempted murder.

Jul 31, 2019 · Canadian mining firm has apologized after reaching an agreement with demonstrators shot and wounded while protesting the company's Guatemalan gold .

Jan 15, 2016 · Canadian Mining Companies Leave Behind Decades of Violence in Guatemala. An openpit gravel gold mine operation owned by Canada's Goldcorp in Guatemala. (Photo: Mark Van Wormer) While much of the controversy surrounding Canada's extractive industry centers on oil and gas projects like SWN Resources' drilling plans in New Brunswick ...

Nov 04, 2004 · The answer is obvious – Canada promotes mining in Guatemala (Honduras, Colombia, Peru, etc.) because it is good business for Canada and Canadian mining investors, not because it is good for local development in Guatemala (or wherever). Global mining more often than not is counter to and undermines good, sustainable development policies in ...