Comments on: Someone Else’s Treasure – Guatemala

By: July 22nd, Global Day of Action Against Open Pit Mining | CAMES

July 22nd, Global Day of Action Against Open Pit Mining | CAMES — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:20:59 +0000

[...] Following up on last year’s protest in Toronto, which focused on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Cerro de San Pedro Mine in Mexico, this year’s protest took on Goldcorp, whose operations in Central America have led to the assassinations of activists, contamination of water, and theft of indigenous land. See Allan Lissner’s excellent photo essay on the effects of Goldcorp in Guatemala here. [...]

By: admin

admin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:54:32 +0000

Thanks so much John! Great to hear from you.
and, yes, the tar sands is definitely on my to do list.
Soon, I hope.

By: John Nicholson

John Nicholson — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:42:12 +0000

Really great to see this combination of picture and text, Allan.
I have learned a lot about “reportage” and portrait photography just from looking at your pictures.
What about the tar sands?
Greetings – John (from Denmark)

By: Community & Indigenous Resistance to Harmful Gold Mining in Guatemala & Honduras « IPSMO homepage – www.ipsmo.org

Mon, 10 May 2010 21:34:25 +0000

[...] Someone Else’s Treasure – Guatemala CTV’s “W5” program: “ARE CANADIAN MINING COMPANIES GIVING US A BAD REPUTATION ABROAD?” In it, W5 focuses critical attention on the harmful impacts of Goldcorp Inc’s gold mine in Mayan Mam communities, and HudBay Mineral’s nickel mine in Mayan Qeqchi communities. Birarpatch Magazine – May/June 2010: Canada and the World Defending Land, Life & Dignity, WOMEN FROM MINING AFFECTED COMMUNITIES SPEAK OUT [...]

By: Guatemala must suspend mining operations on Mayan territory : Intercontinental Cry

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:05:10 +0000

[...] and Hudbay who are actively exploiting minerals on Mayan land. Also, in many cases, such as with Goldcorp, Indigenous communities have stated continuously that they want the company off their land [...]

By: Guatemalan Mining Re-Sister Crisanta Perez arrested by police : Intercontinental Cry

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:57:31 +0000

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By: Evans Rubara

Evans Rubara — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:43:08 +0000

Great Work my brother! How are you doing Allan?