LAMMP » Guatemala http://lammp.org Latin American Mining Monitoring Programme Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:53:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Amnesty and Santa Rosa http://lammp.org/2011/12/22/amnesty-and-santa-rosa/ http://lammp.org/2011/12/22/amnesty-and-santa-rosa/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:36:18 +0000 admin http://lammp.org/?p=1860

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Amnesty International has issued an Urgent Action Alert for the circumstances surrounding mining in Santa Rosa, south-eastern Guatemala.

The alert is available in English and Spanish, and there is more information available on the website of MadreSelva.

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Siglo 21 reports that the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights has asked the Guatemalan government to ensure the quality of drinking water supplied to 18 Mayan communities close to the Marlin mine, operated by Montana Exploradora de Guatemala, S.A. part of the Canadian company Goldcorp Inc., which also has the story in Spanish on its website and in English.

The complete Siglo 21 article is available in Spanish.

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Women in areas of Guatemala where mining companies operate have condemned the sexual abuse by security forces during forced evictions in, for example, San Juan Sacatepéquez. The women state that the police was acting on behalf of the Guatemalan Nickel Company (CGN), local subsidiary of HudBay Minerals Inc., a Canadian mining company.

There is a 2-minute video with soundtrack in Spanish.

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