by mininginjustice | Apr 16, 2014 | Urgent Action
The National Police, at the service of US mining company Kappes Cassiday and Associates (KCA), have been carrying out acts of intimidation and threatening eviction against communities in resistance at La Puya, just north of Guatemala City. Early April 9, a local...
by mininginjustice | Apr 8, 2014 | News
Join the Ejido’s call for good faith negotiations without repression Since the morning of Tuesday April 1, the Ejido Carrizalillo in Guerrero, Mexico has blocked operations at Goldcorp’s Los Filos mine in revindication of their territorial rights following...
by mininginjustice | Apr 3, 2014 | News
Puerto Barrios, Guatemala – Indigenous Maya Q’eqchi’ victims of a September 2009 violent attack outside a then-Canadian owned nickel mine were once again disheartened when it was announced today that the criminal trial of Mynor Padilla, former head of security for the...
by mininginjustice | Mar 29, 2014 | Upcoming Events
Water is increasingly becoming commodified, corporations seek to privatize water, extractive industries exploit water in their pursuit of profit, and governments actively sell the rights to water. Communities are seeing the devastating effects of the commodification...
by mininginjustice | Mar 25, 2014 | MISN Update
As part of a cross-Canada speaking tour, community leaders from Guatemala provided a first-hand account of the situation around Tahoe’s Escobal mine, located in southeastern Guatemala. This is a true story of Canadian-sponsored abuses; Guatemalans and Canadians are...
