Goldcorp Inc. Photos
From 2004-2017, Goldcorp Inc. - mining giant from Canada, now merged with Newmont Gold - operated a large cyanide-leeching, mountain-top removal mine in Mayan Mam and Mayan Sipakapan territories of western Guatemala. The World Bank was an early and crucial investor in and supporter of this mining operation. Local communities suffered forced evictions, killings, repression and criminalization of community defenders, environmental destruction and health harms. No reparations were ever given to the villagers for all they suffered; no justice was ever done - in Guatemala or Canada - for the mining harms, violations and crimes that Goldcorp committed directly or indirectly.
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May 13, 2008: Goldcorp/Montana Exploradora's Marlin mine Meeting with Regional Environmental Manager Lisa Wade: On the backside of the 70m tailings pond dam -- Ms Wade argued that the front of the dam or "the beach," as she called it, may be unattractive to us, but to her & her colleagues it was "beautiful." Photo: Catherine Nolin
13 May 2008 - San Miguel Ixtahuacán, Goldcorp's Marlin mine: Meeting with community members experiencing health problems they attribute to the mine, with Veronica Haddon Photo: Catherine Nolin
14 May 2008 - Comitancillo, San Marcos -- Rally to oppose Goldcorp's expansion plans: 'No to mining, conserve Mother Earth who nourishes us, no to exploration of natural resources' Photo: Catherine Nolin
14 May 2008 - Comitancillo, San Marcos -- Goldcorp's expansion plans revealed & community comes together to say 'no.' Sign reads: "No to mining, conserve Mother Earth who nourishes us, no to exploration of natural resources" Photo: Catherine Nolin
15 May 2010 Overlooking the Marlin Mine, San Marcos Carmen Mejía with ADISMI (Association for the Integral Development of San Miguel Ixtahuacán): "Bienvenidos, esta es mi mina. Este es mi desarrollo." Welcome. This is my mine. This is my development." On 12 and 15 June 2010, Carmen received a number of threatening text messages, saying that she shouldn’t defend human rights and that she would be killed. Photo: Catherine Nolin
15 May 2010 Agel, San Marcos - near the Marlin mine Accompanied ADISMI to visit the home of one of the 5 women -- "the GOLDCORP 5" -- facing criminal charges from Goldcorp for organizing a peaceful protest on Earth Day which temporarily closed a road intersection which was one way to enter the mine. How will they defend themselves against the "economic monster" of Goldcorp? Several of these women face other criminal charges as well Photo: Catherine Nolin
14 May 2016: San José Nueva Esperanza, San Miguel Ixtahuacan, San Marcos, Guatemala. Rights Action director Grahame Russell takes notes as Diodora Hernández (right, with hat) speaks to the Canadian Mining Impunity Emergency Delegation investigating the ongoing abuses of Canadian mining companies in Guatemala. Diodora’s daughter Maria stands beside her. Also here (L-R): James Rodríguez, Aniseto López, Cole Chapman and Steven Schnoor (with video camera) Photo: Catherine Nolin
14 May 2016: San Miguel Ixtahuacán, San Marcos Meeting with family of Jaime Otero López Pérez after his death in an tunnel collapse at Goldcorp's Marlin mine the previous month Photo: Catherine Nolin
21 May 2017 San Miguel Ixtahuacán, San Marcos Diodora Hernández on her land which she refused to sell to Goldcorp/Montana Exploradora over the years. She has paid dearly for her principled stand. Photo: Catherine Nolin
21 May 2017 Sipacapa, San Marcos Alfredo Jacinto López (with the Consejo Maya Sipakapense). Our #CDNMiningImpunity Emergency Delegation (Grahame Russell, Nathan Einbinder, Rob Mercatante, Sandra Cuffe, Cara-Lee Malange, and Catherine Nolin) met with Alfredo and colleagues after his recent & terrorizing illegal detention for his community defence work, in resistance to Canadian-owned Goldcorp and their Marlin Mine. Photo: Catherine Nolin
9 May 2018 Salitre, San Marcos Aniseto López Díaz, Maya Mam farmer & leader of community movements resisting and denouncing harms and violations caused by Goldcorp Inc.’s Marlin mine in western Guatemala. He has suffered attacks, criminalizations and threats, for his community defense work - with Grahame Russell and UNBC Delegation/Field School Photo: Catherine Nolin