US and Canadian Governments: Stop Intervention in support of Tahoe Resources
/Version Espanol Abajo\ Lee la carta por parte de autoridades indigenas Xinka, Garifuna y Maya denunciando la presión e injerencia de la Embajada de los Estados Unidos aquí. Read the letter written by indigenous Xinca, Garifuna and Maya authorities and organizations denouncing US government intervention and pressure here (Spanish only). Last year, 40 human rights and environmental justice organizations in wrote the US and Canadian embassies, demanding they stand up for human
Report back from Honduras
Friends, as you know, I recently participated in an Emergency Faith Delegation organized by SHARE El Salvador and other US organizations who were responding to a request from Jesuit Priest, Ismael Moreno, for international accompaniment in the days leading up to the inauguration of de-facto president Juan Orlando Hernandez. Below you can find some reflections of my experience, which was also shared with members of Canadian parliament. Please respond to the Urgent Action to he
Canada: Taking Down the “Resource Nationalists”?
Canada: Taking Down the “Resource Nationalists”? By Paula Butler “Resource nationalism” has been like a bad dream for Canada’s globalized mining industry. A 2012 slide show on resource nationalism by Liam Fitzgerald of Pricewaterhouse Coopers opened sensationally with the caption “who do you fear most?” accompanied by photos of (the late) Hugo Chavez, former President of Venezuela, and Wayne Swan, former Australian Treasurer and Deputy Prime Minister. In 2011, the Chavez gove
