DIRTY GOLD: Protests at Canada’s Goldcorp Mines In Honduras and Guatemala

[update: May 2010: The mining company Entremares, subsidiary of the Canadian consortium Glamis Gold, (Goldcorp _Vancouver, Canada) will be charged with polluting the central valley of Siria and of hiding information from the authorities. — Tierramerica]

By Stephen Leahy

The Canadian mining giant Goldcorp, which runs the largest gold mine in Mexico, is racking up complaints about its environmental violations. In Honduras, officials are considering legal action.queensland-olf-goldmine.JPGOld gold mine Queensland Australia Copyright 2004 Renate Leahy

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