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Solidarity Update: Special focus on Tahoe Resources

2019-12-27T19:06:46+00:00June 20th, 2017|Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|

News recap: A strong grassroots movement continues to resist Tahoe Resources; Six police officers tasked with the custody of Tahoe's former head of security found guilty on charges related to his escape; Supreme Court of Canada gives way for Tahoe Resources to face civil suit in Canada for violence; Youth activist [...]

Communities maintain peaceful demonstration in protest of negative impacts of Tahoe Resources’ mine in Guatemala

2020-01-01T21:25:17+00:00June 15th, 2017|Defense of life and territory, Escobal|

Featured photo credit: Jorge Tobías Pineda Herrera Since June 7, 2017, communities surrounding Tahoe Resources’ Escobal mine in southeastern Guatemala have maintained a 24-hour peaceful protest of mine-related traffic. They are denouncing the constant tremors they believe are the result of mining activities, the constant heavy truck traffic, and the [...]

Demanda contra Tahoe Resources en Canadá obtiene visto bueno para ir a juicio, se considera la punta del iceberg con respecto a riesgos

2020-01-01T21:25:26+00:00June 15th, 2017|defensa del territorio, Escobal (ESP)|

12 de junio de 2017 (Ottawa/Oakland/Tatamagouche/Toronto/Washington D.C.) El lunes se emitió una alerta para inversionistas advirtiendo que los históricos desarrollos con respecto a la demanda contra Tahoe Resources en Canadá es tan sólo uno de los indicadores de serios riesgos en relación a su mina argentífera Escobal en Guatemala. El [...]

Lawsuit against Tahoe Resources cleared for trial in Canada, ‘Tip of the Iceberg’ with regard to risks 

2020-01-01T21:25:34+00:00June 12th, 2017|Defense of life and territory, Escobal|

June 12, 2017 (Ottawa/Oakland/Tatamagouche/Toronto/Washington D.C.) An investor alert released today warns that historic developments in the lawsuit against Tahoe Resources in Canada is just one indicator of serious risks surrounding its Escobal silver mine in Guatemala. On Thursday, June 8th, the Supreme Court of Canada denied Tahoe Resources leave to [...]

Júbilo de organizaciones internacionales ante avance que sienta precedente de demanda civil contra Tahoe Resources en Canadá por violencia en Guatemala

2019-12-25T01:26:09+00:00January 30th, 2017|defensa del territorio, Escobal (ESP)|

30 de enero de 2017 (Guatemala/Montreal/Ottawa/Reno/Tatamagouche/Toronto/Washington, DC) Organizaciones de la sociedad civil canadienses y estadounidenses reciben con entusiasmo la decisión del Tribunal de Apelaciones de Columbia Británica que Vancouver constituye el foro más adecuado para conocer una demanda civil contra Tahoe Resources por violencia hacia manifestantes pacíficos en contra [...]

International organizations celebrate precedent-setting step toward justice in civil suit against Tahoe Resources in Canada for violence in Guatemala

2019-12-27T18:39:09+00:00January 27th, 2017|Defense of life and territory, Escobal|

January 27, 2017 (Guatemala/ Montreal/Ottawa/Reno/Tatamagouche/Toronto/Washington, DC) Canadian and US civil society organizations wholeheartedly welcome a British Columbia Court of Appeals’ decision that Vancouver is the preferred forum for a civil suit to be heard against Tahoe Resources concerning violence against peaceful opposition to its silver mine in Guatemala. Announced [...]

Community members protest damage to homes near Tahoe Resources’ mine, fear violent reprisal

2019-12-27T17:45:47+00:00November 8th, 2016|Defense of life and territory, Escobal|

The following article was written in collaboration with the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala, the Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network, MiningWatch Canada, and the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada. In February 2016 houses in the village of La Cuchilla in the municipality of San Rafael Las [...]

Guatemalans appeal case against Tahoe Resources in Canadian court

2019-12-27T18:39:30+00:00November 1st, 2016|Defense of life and territory, Escobal|

PRESS RELEASE Tuesday, November 1, 2016 Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) - Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA) - Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN) Today, the British Columbia Court of Appeals in Vancouver, Canada will revisit a procedural motion in the case of seven [...]

Communities Rise Up: Report-back on NISGUA’s delegation to communities organized in resistance to Tahoe Resources

2017-12-08T21:25:45+00:00May 3rd, 2016|Defense of life and territory, Delegations, Trans-Territorial Organizing|

In the fall of 2015, Llan Carlos Dávila from the Diocesan Committee in Defense of Nature (CODIDENA) toured the U.S. to speak about CODIDENA’s efforts to stop the development and expansion of Tahoe Resources’ Escobal mine in southeastern Guatemala. Dávila spoke about popular education, grassroots action, and the organizing of [...]

Tell TIAA-CREF to divest from Tahoe Resources!

2017-11-25T19:37:17+00:00January 23rd, 2016||

Click here to take action! Tell TIAA-CREF to divest from Tahoe Resources! Guatemalan communities are saying not to Tahoe Resources - It's time for U.S. investors to say NO too! U.S. and Canadian listed mining company Tahoe Resources has one mine operation, the Escobal silver [...]

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