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 | Apr 17, 2013 | Case Studies, News
“We want the land, the water and the trees, not a golden tomb” Over the past few years, people have been resisting Eldorado Gold’s proposed and existing mining operations in the Halkidiki Peninsula in Northern Greece. Of particular concern – and the source of...
by mininginjustice | Sep 10, 2012 | Case Studies, News
Hundreds of protesters have battled riot police for hours over plans for a gold mine in northern Greece’s Halkidiki peninsula. Riot police show up to protect mining interest Police fired tear gas to fend off protesters who had gathered in the Skouries area of...
by mininginjustice | Jun 16, 2012 | Case Studies, Company Profiles, News, Upcoming Events
As protestors gathered this morning (see video) to protest the abuses of Hudbay Minerals in Guatemala, news is just coming out that another anti-mining activist in Guatemala is in the hospital due to gunshot wounds. from mimundo.org: Last night, after a month of...
by mininginjustice | Sep 29, 2011 | Community Statements, News
October the 2, 2011 will be a crucial day for all those that have been struggling with mining issues in Latin America. The indigenous and mestizo peoples of the rural parishes of Victoria del Portete and Tarqui (Kichwa) county of Cuenca, Ecuador, are going to vote...
by mininginjustice | May 14, 2011 | News, Upcoming Events
Hans Rollmann May 12, 2011, TheIndependent.ca Santiago Escobar is originally from Ecuador and now lives in Canada, but it’s only partly by choice. “I denounced corporate corruption by Chevron, so now my life is in danger,” he explains simply. He’s one of the...
