Yanacocha / Newmont / Cajamarca: After the death of a Peruvian farmer during a prostest against the Goldmine Yanacocha the National Coordination of Human Rights is calling for an investigation.
You can read the full statement at the Blog of the NGO GRUFIDES.
In a press release FORZA , a security company contracted by Yanacocha, says that the weapons and the munition, seized by the National police, wouldn´t be illegal: “(…)la munición calibre 7.62 para armas de guerra es igual en forma y tamaño a la de calibre 3.08 (…)” (“the munition of caliber 7.62 for military use has the same size and form as caliber 3.08 for civil uses”). This is completely right – there are just little differences between both types of munition to distinguish them. (e.g. the star of OTAN).
In it´s press release FORZA does not mention the “6 pistolas, 9 mm de cañón largo” which also have been found and – according to first information – are also just for military use.
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September 26, 2006 at 8:40 am
Newmont´s Idaro - National Director’s Award - Telluride « Goldmine
[...] As the people in Telluride know Newmont, they also pay attention to Newmont´s overseas Business practices: “The Newmont Corporation pursues practices in a number of countries that bother me,” County Commissioner Art Goodtimes said. He cited in particular labor practices and methods of handling of mine wastes in Peru, Indonesia and the Philippines, which he said are not permitted in the United States or Canada. Goodtimes said that in a global economy a local government should not ignore the overseas activities of businesses with local operations. “My charge is to protect the health, safety and welfare of people, and that includes people who live elsewhere but who are in our market,” Goodtimes said. The minerals extracted by Newmont overseas are transformed into products sold at Wal-Mart, he explained. “I’m saying this now because I don’t want Idarado to be blindsided,” Goodtimes said. (More at Idarado Story) [...]