Someone Else’s Treasure – Guatemala
Someone Else’s Treasure is an ongoing multimedia project which brings to light some of the experiences of indigenous communities around the world that have been impacted by the global mining industry – including communities in the Philippines, Tanzania, Papua New...CONFERENCE AGENDA
SATURDAY MAY 8th, 2010 PLENARY 10 – 11 AM: CLAYTON THOMAS MULLER & OPENING CEREMONY ConcurrentSessions A B C D Workshop 1 11 – 12:15 PM Bill C300 Claire Lehan Assistant to John McKay Valerie Croft Amnesty International GoldCorp & Human Rights Javier de Leon...New report shows Peru Government’s betrayal of Indigenous Peoples
from Intercontinental Cry Six weeks ago, Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines announced that it was “indefinitely suspending” the exploration activities of a Canadian mining company inside the sacred territory of the Awajun and Wampis Peoples. AMAZONIA FOR SALE...Assassination of a Leader Opposed to Mining Exploitation in Chiapas
by Elio Henriquez, correspondent for “La Jornada” Saturday 28th November, 2009 (translated by Megan Kinch) On Friday night, 27th , Mariano Abarca Roblero was assassinated by gunshot. Mariano was one of the strongest opposition leaders against mining...Digging for Gold, Mining Corruption
In the heart of Africa, did a Canadian mining company cut a deal with an infamous and violent African militia that played a major role in the Rwandan genocide of 1994? According to one expert of the militia, known as the “FDLR,” or the Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda, the mining company has no other choice if it wants to safely dig up billions-of-dollars worth of gold for themselves and their investors.