March 5: Mining and Indigenous Rights – The Struggle for Self-Determination in Central America
Guatemalan indigenous community leader
Pascual Bernabe Velásquez
Assembly of Huehuetenango in Defense of Natural Resources
Ethnic Cultural Center at the UW
3931 Brooklyn Ave NE, Black Room
FREE EVENT
Maya-Q'anjob'al women vote to express their opposition to mining in a community consultation in Santa Eulalia, Huehuetenango, Guatemala in August, 2006. (Phil Neff photo)
Let the Communities Decide!
- More than 600,000 people participating in community consultations have voted NO to the expansion of harmful mining projects in Guatemala.
- At the same time, mining companies are using DR-CAFTA to sue the government of El Salvador for refusing to approve mining projects.
- In his presentation, Pascual Bernabe Velásquez will speak about the consulta movement and civil resistance against the expansion of mining projects in Guatemala.
With a photo exhibit by James Rodriguez
Hosted by the UU Central America Network and Seattle CISPES
Co-sponsored by the University of Washington Center for Human Rights, the UW Student Labor Action Project, Casa Latina, and the Community Alliance for Global Justice.
Speaking tour organized by Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA)
Save the date: Solidarity Cycle 2010, July 10-11
Posted by CISPES in Announcements, Events on February 1st, 2010
The third annual Seattle CISPES Solidarity Cycle bike trip will be held on July 10-11, 2010. More details will be announced in the coming months. To sign up to receive updates, contact Seattle CISPES: 206.325.5494, seacispes@igc.org CISPES cyclists approach the Tacoma Narrows Bridge on day one of the 2009 Solidarity Cycle.
Call Pacific Rim: Drop the lawsuit!
Posted by CISPES in Action Alerts on January 12th, 2010
International Call-in Day
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Tell Pacific Rim Mining to drop its lawsuit against the Salvadoran government!
After community organizing efforts successfully persuaded the Salvadoran government to block Pacific Rim’s gold mining permits, the company filed a lawsuit against the government under the rules of CAFTA, the U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement, seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. Legal proceedings in the case are set to begin in the coming weeks.
El Salvador’s environmental movement has called for international pressure on Pacific Rim Mining, demanding that the company drop its lawsuit and respect the sovereign right of El Salvador to protect its own environment and public health by putting the brakes on metallic mining.
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TAKE ACTION TODAY!
Call Barbara Henderson, Vice President of Investor Relations at Pacific Rim Mining in Vancouver, Canada.
To call from the U.S., dial 1-888-775-7097, then press 1.
DEMAND THAT PACIFIC RIM DROP THE LAWSUIT. CALL SCRIPT IS BELOW.
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