Pan American Silver (formerly Tahoe Resources)
Beginning in 2012, Tahoe Resources - corporate off-spring of Goldcorp Inc., now bought out by Pan American Silver - has been trying to operate a silver and gold mine in the Xinka territories and campesino communities of south-eastern Guatemala. As with all mining-resistance struggles in Guatemala and Honduras, local Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities have suffered: government and company repression, including killings; criminalizations on trumped up charges; health and environmental harms; other human rights violations.
2011 May 08 - The Continuing Invasion of Canadian Companies
2012 June 15 - The Committee to Defend Life [ Comité en Defensa de la Vida] Public Statement
2012 September 19 - More Repression Linked to Canadian Mining Company Interests
2013 January 16 - “Guatemala in 2013: More Mining Violence and Impunity”, by G. Russell
2013 April 11 - Repression Going from Bad to Worse; Plaza Publica Report
2014 May 09 - Mining Watch Calls on Canada Pension Plan to Divest from Tahoe Resources
2015 April 07 - “Murder of Telesforo Odilio Pivaral Gonzalez”, Article by CALAS
2015 October 21 - Call for Sign-Ons: Another Shooting in Guatemala Linked to Tahoe Resources
2016 May 23 - Tahoe Resources: Where is Your Mining License?