March 29, 2010
PHOTO-ESSAY: On-going, repetitive health harms in the Siria Valley, Honduras, near Goldcorp Inc’s open-pit, cyanide-leaching mine
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(Cristian Cerrato is a child in El Porvenir, Siria Valley, Honduras.  Since two months ago, he is suffering health problems.  His parents have sought medical help; his problems go away, and then come back.)
BELOW:  A Photo-Essay prepared by Carlos Amador, of the Siria Valley Environmental Defense Committee (and Grahame Russell of Rights Action).  Photos taken by Carlos Amador in March 2010.

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March 2010
PHOTO-ESSAY: On-going, repetitive health harms in the Siria Valley, Honduras, near Goldcorp Inc’s open-pit, cyanide-leaching mine. All photos taken by Carlos Amador in March 2010.
Since 2003, Rights Action has supported and worked with the “Comité Ambientalista Valle de Siria” (Siria Valley Environmental Defense Committee) that works to denounce and try and remedy the environmental and health harms and human rights violations caused by Goldcorp Inc’s open-pit, cyanide leaching gold mine, and in promotion of community-controlled development, in defense of human rights and the environment.
All the people, photographed and interviewed below, live in or near the town of El Porvenir, which is the municipal ‘capital’ of the municipality of El Porvenir, department of Francisco Morazan – 1.5 hours north of Tegucigalpa.
The town of El Porvenir is 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the “Marlin Mine”, an open pit, cyanide leaching mine owned by Goldcorp Inc, operated by its subsidiary Entre Mares.  Goldcorp’s ill-gotten mining concession also includes the municipality of El Porvenir, but due to community, national and international opposition, Goldcorp was unable to expand its gold mine from the municipality of San Ignacio.
All the families interviewed said their children had never had these skin problems before.  All the people, below, have sought medical attention and been told by medical practitioners that the cause of their recurring skin rashes and hair loss is water contaminated by Goldcorp’s mine.
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Jose Luis Flores (9 years old).  His mother says that he suffers these health problems since 3 months ago.
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Luis Ramón Rodríguez (3).  His mother: “We thought these things only happened to people who live near the mine.  Now, look what is happening to us as well.”
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Juan Jose Cabrera (6).  His mother: “We have never seen this in my village.  They say that this happens near the mine, but now look how it is affecting us.  My soon scratches and scratches – it hurts him.”
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Alexis Anain López (5).  His mother: “Look how he is.  You should seek how this hurts me, to see him like this, every night, scratching, scratching, until blood comes out – he can’t take it.  I cry when I see him so desperate.  We have never seen this before.”
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Reina Jiménez (3).
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Christopher Garay (6).  His mother says that mefdicine does not help him: “My son scratches because it hurts him.  Look how he is.”
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Juan Manuel Soto (7).  His father says he never thought he would see his son like this.  “School mates make fun of him because he has bald spots in his hair.  Look, how his hair is falling out and medicine does nothing for him.”
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Wilfredo Velasquez (38).   Affected all over his head – it hurts him.
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Delfina Flores (72).  This is hurting her.  She scratches and scratches; she has tried for medicine.
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COMMON, REPETITIVE HEALTH PROBLEMS
Nothing reported here by Carlos Amador is new.  Below, a few links to previous reports about identical or similar health problems at Goldcorp’s open pin, cyanide leaching mines in Honduras and Guatemala. (At www.rightsaction.org, there is more info)
HONDURAS
Photo-Essay: “Gold mining and health harms in Honduras”, April 2, 2009, by the Siria Valley Committee & Rights Action: http://rightsaction.org/articles/photo_Honduras_mining_harms.html
Article: “A chronology of indifference: The lack of response by the governments of Honduras and Canada and Goldcorp Inc. to the Siria Valley population’s health problems”, March 2009, by the Siria Valley Committee: http://rightsaction.org/articles/Chronology_indifference_32309.html
GUATEMALA
Article: “Who Is Emeterio Perez, & Why Goldcorp Inc. Investors Ought to Know”, January 2009, by Grahame Russell (Rights Action): http://rightsaction.org/articles/Emetrio_Perez_013109.html
Article: “Canadian Mine Accused of Causing Skin Infections”, March 2009, by the BBC: http://rightsaction.org/articles/BBC_Goldcorp_031109.html
Photo-essay: “Health Harms in San Miguel Ixtahuacan”, March 2009, by Karen Spring (Rights Action) & Francois Guindon (formerly Rights Action, now NISGUA): http://rightsaction.org/articles/San_Miguel_022009.htm
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WRITE TO GOLDCORP Inc. & TO YOUR OWN POLITICIANS, MEDIA, INVESTORS
TALKING POINTS IN YOUR LETTER
Write the people and offices below, asking them:
to publicly support the call of the ILO (International Labour Organization, of the United Nations) for a suspension of mining operations in Guatemala
to support the establishment of an independent, international commission to investigate the extent of human rights violations and environmental and health harms caused by Canadian mining companies in Guatemala & Honduras
to support the paying, by Canadian mining companies and investors, of complete compensation and reparations to Guatemalan & Honduran families and communities that have suffered health and environmental harms and human rights violations
to support the passing of civil legislation and criminal law reforms, in Canada, so that Canadian mining companies can be held civilly and criminally accountable, in Canadian courts, for harms and violations caused by Canadian companies operating mines around the world
GOLDCORP Inc.
Chuck Jeannes, President & CEO
VANCOUVER: 666 Burrard Street, Suite 3400, Vancouver, B.C. V6C 2X8, Main: (604) 696-3000, Direct: 604-696-3076, Chuck.Jeannes@goldcorp.com
Kim Keras, executive assistant, Kim.Keras@goldcorp.com
TORONTO: 3201–130 Adelaide St. W., Toronto, ON, M5H-3P5, T: (416) 865-0326
Tim Miller, Central America, Tim.Miller@montana.com.gt
Dina Aloi, VP Corporate Social Responsibility, Dina.Aloi@goldcorp.com, T: (416) 865-0326
David Deisley, legal counsel, david.deisley@goldcorp.com
Jeff Wilhoit, investor relations, Jeff.Wilhoit@goldcorp.com
BOARD OF DIRECTORS, T: (866) 696-3055, local (604) 696-3055, Directors@Goldcorp.com
HUMAN RESOURCES, hr@goldcorp.com
GUATEMALA CITY: Jim Schenck, jamess@montana.com.gt, Lisa Wade, lisa.wade@montana.com.gt
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Governor General of Canada Michaëlle Jean
Rideau Hall, 1 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1A-0A1, info@gg.ca, t: (613) 993-8200, t: 800 465-6890
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
harpes@parl.gc.ca
Minister of International Cooperation
Bev Oda
509-S Centre Block, House of Commons
Ottawa, ON, K1A 0A6
Oda.B@parl.gc.ca
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Lawrence Cannon
509-S Centre Block, House of Commons
Ottawa, ON, K1A 0A6
cannol@parl.gc.ca
Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas)
Peter Kent
125 Sussex Dr
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2
T: (613) 992-0253, kent.p@parl.gc.ca
Kevin Sorenson, MP
Chair, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development
T: (613) 947-4608, SorenK@parl.gc.ca
Gilles Duceppe, leader, Bloc Quebecois
1200 Papineau Av, #350
Montreal, Quebec H2K 4R5
ducepg@parl.gc.ca
Jack Layton, leader, New Democratic Party
221 Broadview Ave, Suite 100
Toronto, ON MM 2G3
laytoj@parl.gc.ca
Elizabeth May, leader, Green Party
Saanich Gulf Islands EDA
PO Box 20076
Sidney BC V8L 5C9
emaytowin@greenparty.ca
Michael Ignatieff, leader, Liberal Party
656 The Queensway
Etobicoke, ON M8Y 1K7
ignatm@parl.gc.ca
Larry Bagnell, liberal MP, bagnell.l@parl.gc.ca
Stockwell Day, conservative MP, days@parl.gc.ca
Peter Julian, NDP MP, julian.p@parl.gc.ca
Peter Mckay, conservative MP, Mckayj@parl.gc.ca
John MacKay, liberal MP, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, T: (613) 992-1447, MckayJ@parl.gc.ca
Bob Rae, liberal MP, Foreign Affairs Critic, T: (613) 992-5234, RaeB@parl.gc.ca
Francine Lalonde, Bloc Quebecois MP, Foreign Affairs Critic, T: (613) 995-6327, LalonF@parl.gc.ca
Paul Dewar, NDP MP, Foreign Affairs Critic, T: (613) 996-5322, DewarP@parl.gc.ca
Alexandre Leveque, DFAIT, Director Caribbean, Central America & Regional Policy,
125 Sussex Dr, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2, T: 613-992-2971
Barbara Curran, CIDA Director, Canadian International Development Agency,
200 Promenade du Portage, Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0G4, T: 819-994-4092, barbara.curran@acdi-cida.gc.ca
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CANADIAN Embassy in Guatemala
Ambassador Leeann McKechnie
leeann.mckechnie@international.gc.ca
Karin Reinecke, Assistant to the Ambassador
karin.reinecke@international.gc.ca
13 Calle 8-44 Zone 10, Edificio Edyma Plaza
Ciudad de Guatemala
T: (502) 2363-4348
gtmla@international.gc.ca
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GOLDCORP INVESTORS & OTHERS
PENSION FUNDS:
Canada Pension Plan / 1,400,000 / 0.19
John H Butler, 416 868-1171, One Queen St. East, Suite 2600, Toronto ON, M5C-2W5, 416 868-1171 -- $349,000,000 of shares in Goldcorp
CANADA PENSION PLAN Investment Board: csr@cppib.ca, 416-868-4075, Toll Free: 1-866-557-9510; Manuel Pedrosa, Communications and Stakeholder Relations, 416-868-4682, mpedrosa@cppib.ca
Ontario Teachers Pension fund / 2,653,500 / 0.36
Roger Barton 416-730-5321, 5650 Yonge St, Toronto, Canada, 416 730-5321, communications@otpp.com;  Lynne Olver, Communications, Ontario Teachers' PP, 416-730-6518, lynne_olver@otpp.com
Norges Bank / 2,107,573
Investor Relations, Bankplassen 2, 0107 Oslo –No, 47-22-31-60-00, contact@nbim.no
Teachers Retirement System of Oklahoma / 131,430
Cathy Conway, P.O. Box 53524, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-521-2387
New York State Teachers retirement System / 65,300
William O'Brien, 518 447-2730, 10 corporate woods drive, Albany, NY, 12211, 518-447-2730, communit@nystrs.state.ny.us
Ohio Public Empolyees Retirement System / 36,750
Karen Carraher, 277 East Town St, Columbus OH 43215 Un, 614-227-0059, benefitquestions@opers.org
OTHER INVESTORS
NAME / AMT HELD / %OUT
Fidelity Management / 47,023,114 / 6.44
Investor Relations, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston MA, 02109, 617-563-0371
Barclays Global Investment / 33,976,447 / 4.65
Blake Grossman, 1 Churchill Place, London, E14 4HP, 415-597-2735
Pyramis Global Advis / 21,399,960 / 2.93
Jack Sholl, 900 Salem Street, Smithfield Street, MA, 02109, 617-392-0172, jack.sholl@pyramis.com
Harris Financial Corporation / 18,301,337 / 2.51
Matthew Barrett, 111 West Monroe, PO Box 755, Chicago Il, 60690, 312-461-3167, investmentservices@theharris.com
RBC Asset Management / 17,905,559 / 2.45
Frank Lippa, Royal TR Tower, Suite 3800, 77 King St W, Toronto, ON, M5K 1H1
Jarislowsky Fraser Li / 17,190,505 / 2.35
Pierre Lapointe, 1010 Sherbrooke St. West, Suite 2005, Montreal, PQ, H3A 2R7, 514-842-2727, plapointe@jfl.ca
Blackrock Group Limi / 16,158,436 / 2.21
Dennis Moleeur, 33 King Williams St, London, En, ECAR 9AS, 44-20-7743-2253
Van Eck Associates CO / 11,547,330 / 1.58
Florence Childress, 335 Madison, 19th Floor, New York, NY, 10016, 212-293-2125, Florence.childress@vaneck.com
Caisse De Depot, Et Plan / 10,977,431 / 1.50
Luc Houle, 1000, Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, Montreal, PQ, H2Z 2B3
TD Asset Management I / 8,337,398 / 1.14
Barbara Callbeck, 161 Bay Street 25th floor, Toronto, ON, M5J2T2, 416-9308-5346, inst.info@tdam.com
Toronto Dominion BA / 8,251,345 / 1.13
Christopher Ontague, PO Box 1, Toronto ON, M5K 1A2, 416-982-8222
Connor Clark & Compa / 7,004,758 / 0.96
Steve Affleck, 1200-925 West Georgia Street, Vancouver BC, V6C 3L2, More_info@cclgroup.com
UBS Global Asset Manag / 6,967,348 / 0.95
Mark F Kemper, 312-525-7138, ONE North Wacker, Chicago, IL 60606, comments@ubs.com
US Global Investors / 6,542,598 / 0.90
Frank Holmes, 7900 Callaghan Road, San Antonio TX, 78229, 210-308-1234, fholmes@usfunds.com
McEwen Robert R / 6,435,651 / 0.88
n/a (?)
Great West Lif Assur / 6,303,915 / 0.86
Susan Ledwich, 100 Osborne St. North, Winnipeg MB, 204-946-7162
OMERS Pension Fund Administraion / 6,041,546 / 0.83
Jenny Tsouvalis, 1 University Avenue Suite 700, Toronto ON, M5J 2P1, 416-947-7201, client@omers.com
Goodman & Co Investment / 5,588,143 / 0.77
Investor Relations, 1 Adelaide Street East, 29th Floor, Toronto ON, M5H 4A9, 416 365-5100, ir@dundeewealth.com
McKinley Capital Manage / 5,549,010 / 0.76
Investor Relations, 3301 C Street Suite 500, Anchorage AK, 99503, 907-563-4488, info@mckinleycapital.com
McLean Budden Ltd / 5,533,742 / 0.76
Grant Patterson, 145 King St. West 2525, 416-862-9800
Blackrock advisors / 5,115,096 / 0.70
Denis Moleur 609-282-2382, 100 Bellevue Prakway, Wilmingotn DE, 19809, 609-282-2382
Aletheia Reserach & M / 5,072,177 / 0.69
Roger B. Peikin 310-899-0800, 100 wilshire Blvd suite 1960, Santa Monica CA, 90401, rpeikin@aletheiaresearch.com
Tetrem Capital Management / 4,815,500 / 0.66
Junion Damianidis, 204-975-2876, 1450, 201 Portag Ave, Winnipeg MB, R3B-3K6, info@tetrem.com
Eaton Vance Managme / 4,784,237 / 0.66
Frederick S. Marius, 255 State St., Boston MA, 02109, 617 598-8423
AGF Funds INCompletely / 4,502,730 / 0.62
Jacqueline Sanz, 416 369-1900, Toronto Dominion Bank Tower, Toronto M5K 1E9, tiger@agf.com
Carmignac Gestion / 4,306,557 / 0.59
Edouard Carmignac 33-1-42—86-53-35, Carmignac Gestion, 24 Place Vendome, 75001 Paris, ecarmignac@carmignac.com
Chilton Investment CO / 4,267,411 / 0.58
Patricia Mallon, 1266 East Main St. 7th floor, Stamford CT, 06902, 203-352-4180, pmallon@chiltoninc.com
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE / ONTARIO SECURITIES COMMISSION
“Attempting to meet with Ontario Securities Commission and Toronto Stock Exchange might be a dead end.  The OSC and TSX take the view that their job is to regulate stock markets for benefit of investors. Thus their activities should be limited to providing protection to investors from unfair, improper or fraudulent practices and to fostering fair and efficient capital markets and confidence in capital markets.
“It may be a good idea to request these meetings anyway.  Indeed, it is a major issue that the TSX and OSC don’t see themselves as part of the problem when they clearly are.  Requesting the meetings might be a good way to put them on notice, and to draw their attention to an issue they don’t think about enough.  And if the meetings were granted, it would be a good opportunity to point out the failures in their regulatory frameworks.
“As for who you should contact, neither the TSX nor the OSC has a branch or office to which a meeting request like this should be made (not surprising given the above).
If company is listed on TSX, each account is managed by one person.  chart listing name of that person and their contact information: http://www.tmx.com/en/pdf/TSXLIS-IssuerManagerReport.pdf
If company is already listed on the TSX-V, they don’t appear to have individual account managers.  Instead, all complainants are directed to:
Complaints or Concerns regarding TSX Venture listed issuers
E: complianceanddisclosure@tsxventure.com
If you have concerns about breaches of TSX or TSX-V Rules (example, on disclosure), Contact their compliance and disclosure offices:
TSX Compliance and Disclosure
Tel: (416) 947-4767, 888-873-8392, disclosure@tsx.com
Disclosure Standards for Mining Companies
Francis Manns, T: (416) 947-4447, 1-888-873-8392, E: francis.manns@tsx.com
TSX-V Compliance & Disclosure - Montreal, Toronto and Calgary Offices
Joanne Butz, T: (403) 218-2820, E: joanne.butz@tsxventure.com
Compliance & Disclosure - Vancouver Office
Mani Sanghera, T: (604) 488-3124, E: mani.sanghera@tsxventure.com
Other TSX contact information can be found on their website at http://www.tsx.com/en/about_tsx/contact_us.html
“SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTORS” & ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE “SRI” WATCHDOGS & ADVISORS
Robert Walker, Vice President Sustainability, The Ethical Funds Company, bwalker@ethicalfunds.com
Peter Chapman Executive Director, SHARE, pchapman@share.ca
Helene Regnell, Research Director, GES Investment Services, helene.regnell@ges-invest.com
Bill Brassington, Chair of the SRI Sub-Committee, Joint Pension Advisory Committee to the Pension Plan, for the Employees of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, brassrouts@telus.net
Eugene Ellman, Social Investment Organization (SIO), ellmen@socialinvestment.ca
Michael Jantzi, Jantzi Research, mjantzi@jantziresearch.com
Francois Meloche, Bâtirente, francois.meloche@batirente.qc.ca
Pierre Viau, Regroupement pour la Responsabilité Sociale et l’Équité (RRSE), viapr@sympatico.ca
John Gordon, GordonJ@psac-afpc.com
Nadime Viel Lamare, The First Swedish National Pension Fund
Arne Lööw, The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, arne.loow@ap4.se
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