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Campesino and Indigenous communities resist IAMGOLD

Campesino and Indigenous communities resist IAMGOLD

For nearly a decade, in the south central highlands of Ecuador, just south of the country’s third largest city of Cuenca, campesino and Indigenous communities that depend on farming and dairy production have been fighting against the gold and silver projects of Canadian mining companies, such as IAMGOLD. They continue to voice concerns about the destructive …

dev On Tuesday February 28th, 2017 Tuesday August 8th, 2017 Filed under Case Studies: Criminalization of Dissent, Ecuador No Comments
Criminalization, Murder and Blackfire Exploration in Chiapas

Criminalization, Murder and Blackfire Exploration in Chiapas

Calgary-based Blackfire Exploration operated a barite mine in the municipality of Chicomuselo, Chiapas in late 2007. In late 2009, the mine was shut down for environmental reasons days after the murder of environmental activist Mariano Abarca. Canadian Complicity The criminalization and murder of Mariano Abarca in November 2009 in connection with Blackfire Exploration’s Payback mine …

dev On Monday February 27th, 2017 Wednesday August 9th, 2017 Filed under Case Studies: Criminalization of Dissent, Mexico No Comments
Cañaris: “We are community members and we want to defend our lands”

Cañaris: “We are community members and we want to defend our lands”

Since 2012, Vancouver-based Candente Copper has been exploring for copper and gold in the community of San Juan de Cañaris, in the province of Ferranafe, a largely Indigenous, Quechua-speaking agricultural community. The company’s proposal to construct an open-pit mine near the principal source of water for downstream communities in San Juan de Cañaris has given …

dev On Monday February 27th, 2017 Tuesday August 8th, 2017 Filed under Case Studies: Criminalization of Dissent, Peru No Comments
Tahoe Resources’ Escobal Mine

Tahoe Resources’ Escobal Mine

Following the Molina administration’s lifting of the moratorium on mining concessions in 2012, Tahoe Resources ramped up construction of its Escobal silver mine east of San Rafael Las Flores, Guatemala. Since 2011, communities living in the area of the Escobal mine have peacefully resisted the project through marches and community referenda. More than half of …

dev On Sunday November 20th, 2016 Wednesday August 9th, 2017 Filed under Case Studies: Criminalization of Dissent, Guatemala No Comments
Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine

Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine

The Marlin mine is a goldmine in Guatemala owned by Montana Exploradora de Guatemala, a subsidiary of Canadian company Goldcorp. The exploitation licence for the Marlin mine straddles the municipalities of San Miguel Ixtahuacán and Sipakapa, where local residents recall that company representatives had not been transparent about their plans for the mine, having originally …

dev On Thursday September 1st, 2016 Wednesday August 9th, 2017 Filed under Case Studies: Criminalization of Dissent, Guatemala No Comments

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