Several peasant, indigenous and environmentalist organizations from Guatemala are demanding the government to comply with a resolution of the International Labour Organization to immediately suspend some of the mining activities carried out by Cementos Progreso and Montana Exploradora in Guatemala.

Read more:  http://radiomundoreal.fm/Immediate-Suspension

source: Al Jazeera English

Oxfam International launched 2 movies on the planned Río Blanco mining project in Northern Peru, focussing on the possible environmental impact of the project and human rights violations.

By Danilo Valladares

GUATEMALA CITY, Feb 16, 2010 (IPS) - Ecologists in Guatemala see a recent ruling by Canada's Supreme Court, which ordered Canadian mining companies to carry out rigorous environmental assessments, as a positive precedent that could help improve environmental controls over the mining industry in this Central American country.

Now, we're putting interesting movies about mining and globalization in Latin-America all together in the CATAPA-videozone. 

The most recent movies are own productions: testimonies about our cases in El Estor and San Marcos (Guatemala) and the San Andres mine (Honduras).

LIMA, Feb 1, 2010 (IPS) - Experts and activists in Peru complain that while mining corporations are cashing in on soaring metals prices, they continue to enjoy exemption from royalties and corporate taxes, if they reinvest their profits.