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Canadian mining giant Goldcorp held its annual shareholder’s meeting on Friday, May 22nd, in Vancouver’s financial district. Simultaneously, hundreds of community members from San Miguel Ixtahuacan, where Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine operates, marched through the streets of Guatemala City so as to ... - International Court Rules in Favor of Dos Erres Massacre Survivors and more more.
- Not unlike the original conquistadores, in their fervent scramble for precious metals and disregard for Indigenous peoples, the new mining doctrine in Guatemala is just as much a threat to the Maya campesinos and their perpetual struggle for land and rights.
- On March 4 and 5, 2010, hundreds of women gathered to participate in the Tribunal of Conscience on sexual violence in Guatemala.
- The International Labour Organization (ILO), through the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, has requested that the Government of Guatemala suspend mining operations in the territories of Indigenous Maya Peoples.
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Villagers and NGOs have accused Goldcorp of poisoning people and livestock by contaminating the Siria valley. - July 29, 2010 Source: NISGUA By Lara Barth Six days. Help us make our goal of getting donations for over 100 drawing tickets in the next six days. What ...
- We, the undersigned members of the European Parliament, express our concern regarding the information received about the alleged violations of human rights of the Maya peoples (Sipakapense and Mam) of the Sipacapa and San Miguel Ixtahuacán Municipalities in the Department of San Marcos.
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On October 21, we received a letter from Goldcorp, contesting some of the points made in our international sign-on letter to the President of Guatemala. Our letter calls on President Colom to implement the recommendations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and suspend operations at the Marlin mine. -
At the request of a local community group, ADISMI, in San Miguel Ixtahuacán, San Marcos, Guatemala, Cultural Survival's Guatemala Radio Project staff members traveled west to the mountains of San Marcos to participate in a four-day workshop this weekend on how to initiate and operate a community radio station.
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