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TAKE ACTION: Challenge Goldcorp to Respect Community Rights
NISGUA
5/27/2009
Solidarity activists are joining with
Guatemalan communities in demanding that Canadian mining company Goldcorp Inc.
respect their decision to reject mining activity on their territories. This May
22, Goldcorp Inc. held its Annual General Meeting in
NISGUA sponsored two Guatemalan representatives-Aniseto Lopez from the communities in San Miguel Ixtahuacan directly affected by the Marlin Mine and Arturo Mendez representing the Peoples' Council of the West-to attend the meeting and communicate with shareholders and beneficiaries of Goldcorp Inc.
A series of actions
around the meeting
chastised Goldcorp for imposing its projects in areas where
people have not given their free, prior, and informed consent. Goldcorp Inc.
holds exploration licenses in some 14 municipalities in
Please join us by participating in this postcard campaign. Click here to access the postcard, print it on decent-quality paper, cut it into four for the four different recipients, sign them, and send them off!
Help us tell
Goldcorp that its activities in
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