Arsenic concentrations 26 times higher than WHO health standards

Ghent/San Marcos, 15 of October 2010 - In September the Guatemalan Ministry of Environment caught the Canadian mining company Goldcorp on illegal discharges of its water basin into the rivers of San Miguel Ixtahuacán. At first Goldcorp made it seem like the discharges had happened by the rules, but gave no reaction after the Ministry published an accusation against the mining company.

Government of Guatemala responsible for increased violence against local population

With the greatest urgency CATAPA asks the suspension of all activities of the Marlin mine and the application of the other precautionary measures which the Interamerican Commission for Human Rights requested of the Guatemalan government.

Here you can download the press release and other documents of the international press conference of PEP (Plataforma Europa Perú) that took place on Friday 12 June in Brussels on the events in Bagua (North Peru).

Invitation PRESS CONFERENCE of the Platform Europe Peru

The only international witnesses of the bloodbath in Bagua (Peru) are in Europe. Friday afternoon they will testify in front of the press

During the escalation of the conflict between the Peruvian authorities and the indigenous people of the Amazonian rainforest, at least 30 people died and many were wounded. Two Belgian volunteers were the only international witnesses of the bloodbath (pictures at http://catapa.be/en/north-peru-killings).

Washington, D.C., June 8, 2009—The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) strongly condemns the acts of violence that took place on June 5 in Bagua, in northern Peru, which have caused a number of deaths.