During the months of April and May, 2007, Rights Action organized a series of events throughout Canada and the United States focusing on the negative effects of the mining industry in Central America. Community leaders from Honduras and Guatemala took center stage during these speaking tours across North America.

On May 2nd, 2007, during Goldcorp’s annual shareholders meeting, a demonstration congregated outside the installations in order to denounce and protest what the Central American leaders have denounced as “atrocities”.

“Honduras is the western hemisphere’s second poorest country and in rural areas such as the Siria Valley, two hours north of the capital, Tegucigalpa, people can work in the sun-scorched fields for as little as US$2 a day… Some people in the area say they are pleased for the 200 or so jobs the mine provides, which typically pay US$3 to US$4.50 a day.”

Goldcorp’s Chief Executive Officer, Ian Telfer, received $23 million in earnings during 2006, according to an April 4, 2007 article by The Globe and Mail.

Carlos Amador states: “The president of the company, Kevin MacArthur, said Mario and I were only there to state lies. It is outrageous to hear the high executives of Goldcorp announce their gigantic profits for 2006, while their earnings have come by sacrificing the environment and our population.”

Vancouver, Canada.

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