Blatant pillage Montana Exploradora (Goldcorp) mining corporation in Guatemala accused of several charges http://www.radiomundoreal.fm/Blatant-pillage?lang=es

Marlin I mining project in Guatemala, owned by Canadian corporation Goldcorp violates the indigenous peoples rights to be consulted, to self-determination and the right to property, posession, use and administration of land and territory. The Canadian company will be tried by the Permanent Peoples Tribunal that will session on May 14 and 15 in Madrid, Spain.

The case will be filed by the groups Frente de Defensa Miguelense, Collectif Guatemala (France), Aid of the Norwegian Church and Solidarity Sweden-Latin America.Goldcorp’s project also violates the right to health, to the protection of the environment and access to water.

Also, the case filed before the Permanent Peoples Tribunal provides that the World Bank has funded the construction of roads and electric wire lines for the mine’s operations, without making the necessary consultations.Besides, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have pressured the Guatemalan state to develop a new legal framework to attract foreign investment, especially in the mining sector. “The European states as members and donors to the World Bank are accomplices in these violations”, says the document submitted to the Tribunal.