November 26, 2008
At http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=itlzp3DGLWY you will find a 7-minute film, en Espanol with English sub-titles, about:
“Eight Mayan Women” in Resistance to Harms Caused By Goldcorp Inc in San Miguel Ixtahuacan, Guatemala.
(You can also go to www.youtube.com and write in “Eight Mayan Woman”)
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CONNECTING THE DOTS BETWEEN THE GLOBAL MINING & INVESTMENT INDUSTRY . . . and … ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC HARMS AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
North American mining and investors industries are sometimes contributing to and benefiting from environmental destruction, undermining local economies, harming the environment and violating human rights.
Rights Action includes this information that has been pieced together from various sources. This is not a complete list of investors and beneficiaries.
GOLDCORP Inc. – SOME BENEFICIARIES
GOLDCORP Chairman Ian Telfer’s 2006 payday worth $23-million. (Globe and Mail, April 4, 2007)
University of B.C. received a $5 million donation, for a new earth-sciences building, from Goldcorp chairman Ian Telfer (Vancouver Sun, April 26, 2007).
Goldcorp Inc. Chairman Ian Telfer donated $25 million to the University of Ottawa's management school; it will be renamed the Telfer School of Management (Ottawa Citizen, May 9, 2007).
INVESTMENT HOLDINGS IN GOLDCORP
(Source: Stockwatch.com)
$320,606,100. OMERS ADMINISTRATION CORP. Represents public sector workers as well as unionized workers in Ontario, including members of the Canadian Auto Workers, the Canadian Union of Public Employees, the Ontario Professional Fire Fighters Association, the Ontario Nurses Association, Ontario Public Service Employees Union, and Police Associations.
$222,197,310. ONTARIO TEACHERS PENSION PLAN BOARD, http://www.otpp.com/web/website.nsf/web/home
$293,203,215. CANADA PENSION PLAN, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, csr@cppib.ca, 416-868-4075, Toll Free: 1-866-557-9510, http://www.cppib.ca
$230,990,895. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORP, http://www.bcimc.com. Represents public sector workers in British Columbia, including teachers, nurses, etc.
$165,200,000. Québec Pension Plan (RRQ), Annual Report, 2006.
$4,446,000. Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund (Annual Report, 2006), http://www.atrf.com/home/default.aspx
Ethical Funds Company (Mutual Fund), www.ethicalfunds.com, t: 604.714.3833.
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WHAT TO DO
TO MAKE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS for Indigenous and community-based organizations implementing resisting and trying to remedy the harms caused by this open-pit, cyanide leach gold mine in Guatemala, make check payable to "Rights Action" and mail to:
* UNITED STATES: Box 50887, Washington DC, 20091-0887;
* CANADA: 552 - 351 Queen St. E, Toronto ON, M5A-1T8.
CREDIT-CARD DONATIONS: http://www.rightsaction.org/Templates/donations_index.html
EDUCATIONAL DELEGATION-SEMINARS: Form your own group and come on an educational seminar trip to learn more about community and Indigenous development, human rights and environmental issues in Guatemala and Honduras.
JOIN Rights Action’s listserv: http://www.rightsaction.org/lists/?p=subscribe&id=3
JOIN Rights Action’s quarterly newsletter list: info@rightsaction.org
More info about all this: info@rightsaction.org, www.rightsaction.org
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TRULY INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION COMMISSION NEEDED!
WRITE LETTERS OF CONCERN ... to your own politician and media, and to any/ all of the company, government and investor officials listed below, to ask for a suspension of Goldcorp’s mining operation in Guatemala, and the establishment of a truly independent commission to investigate the environmental and health harms and other human rights violations caused by Goldcorp in Guatemala, and determine what compensation and reparations Goldcorp should pay to the harmed and affected communities in San Marcos.
GOLDCORP Inc.
info@goldcorp.com; inquiries@cibcmellon.com; hr@goldcorp.com; Directors@Goldcorp.com; info@goldcorp.com; inquiries@cibcmellon.com; jamess@montana.com.gt; lisa.wade@montana.com.gt;
HEAD OFFICE:
Park Place
Suite 3400-666 Burrard Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6C 2X8
Telephone: (604) 696-3000
Fax: (604) 696-3001
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Goldcorp Inc.
Park Place
Suite 3400-666 Burrard Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6C 2X8
Tel: (866) 696-3055 or local (604) 696-3055
INVESTOR RELATIONS
Jeff Wilhoit
Toll Free: (800) 567-6223 (Canada and USA only)
TORONTO OFFICE
3201 – 130 Adelaide Street West
Toronto, Ontario Canada M5H 3P5
Telephone: (416) 865-0326
Fax: (416) 361-5741
HUMAN RESOURCES:
GUATEMALA CITY
Jim Schenck (Regional Director, Community Development), jamess@montana.com.gt
Lisa Wade (Regional Director, Environment), lisa.wade@montana.com.gt
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CANADIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
CANADIAN Minister of International Cooperation, Ms. Bev Oda, 509-S Centre Block, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A6, Oda.B@parl.gc.ca.
CANADIAN Minister of Foreign Affairs, 509-S Centre Block, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A6, BerniM@parl.gc.ca, Maxime Bernier.
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,
Tel. (502) 2363-4348 / gtmla@international.gc.ca
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UNITED NATIONS - Office of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights in Guatemala, Attention: Anders Kompass, 5a Av. 5-55, Zona 14, Edificio EUROPLAZA, Torre III, Nivel 14, Ciudad de Guatemala, Tel.: (502) 2382-3400, informacion@ohchr.org.gt
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