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| Canadian Prime Minister enters Barrick's Offices through the Back Door
The Dominion Two hours late and in the presence of a huge security entourage that included guards, police and special forces, Stephen Harper arrived at the offices of Barrick Gold and entered through the parking area, in order to avoid the peoples' protest that started at 8:00 am at the entrance to the building. |
| Judge dismisses NovaGold lawsuit against Barrick Reuters OTTAWA (Reuters) - NovaGold Resources Inc. said on Thursday that a district court in Alaska had dismissed its lawsuit against Barrick Gold, saying it was too early to assess if Barrick can meet the requirements to boost its stake in the Donlin Creek gold-mining project. |
| LETTER TO THE EDITOR - TheStar.com
Mining companies need to be accountable Prime Minister Stephen Harper asserted in Chile that Barrick Gold's Pascua-Lama project follows "Canadian standards of corporate social responsibility." Unfortunately, no such standards exist. |
| Harper's visit to Barrick draws group of protesters by Allan Woods , Toronto Star SANTIAGO, CHILE�Prime Minister Stephen Harper was greeted by a small group of protesters as he visited mining giant Barrick Gold's headquarters in Chile yesterday. |
 | COMUNICADO DE PRENSA: Ind�genas ocupan oficina central de Barrick Gold en Australia
Ancianos y partidarios de la Naci�n Wiradjuri ocuparon la oficina central en Australia de la mayor compa��a minera del oro a nivel mundial, Barrick Gold. |
| Harper's visit to Barrick draws group of protesters by Allan Woods, Toronto Star July 19th, 2007 Prime Minister Stephen Harper was greeted by a small group of protesters as he visited mining giant Barrick Gold's headquarters in Chile yesterday. |
| Protesters say 'Harper go home' on PM's last day in Chile The Canadian Press Prime Minister Stephen Harper was greeted with "Harper go home" and "Canada: What's HARPERing here?" signs on Wednesday morning as he spent his last day in Chile visiting a controversial Canadian mining company. |
| Barrick Defends Chile Mining Project Associated Press Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold used Prime Minister Stephen Harper's visit Wednesday to do a little damage control on its controversial mining operation in the Andes. |
| Controversia por mina de oro espera al Pimer Ministro en Santiago by Allan Woods (versi�n en espa�ol de Luis Manuel Claps), Toronto Star SANTIAGO, CHILE � Un viaje de buenas noticias y estrechamiento de lazos con Am�rica Latina encontrar� los primeros signos de controversia esta ma�ana cuando el Primer Ministro Stephen Harper visite una empresa minera canadiense que, seg�n sus cr�ticos, provocar� da�os en el medioambiente y las poblaciones locales. |
| Gold mine controversy awaits PM in Santiago by Allan Woods , TheStar.com SANTIAGO, CHILE�A good-news trip of trade and closer ties with Latin America will encounter the first signs of controversy this morning when Prime Minister Stephen Harper visits a Canadian mining operation that critics say will hurt the environment and local people. |
| PM turns Canada's focus south by Allan Woods, OTTAWA BUREAU OTTAWA�Prime Minister Stephen Harper sets off for Latin America and the Caribbean tomorrow to wave the Canadian flag in a region that the government, in a major foreign policy shift, now considers "our neighbourhood." |
| Harper dithering on ending Canadian corporate crime in South America NDP OTTAWA � On the eve of the Prime Minister�s visit to Colombia and Chile, the NDP is demanding that Stephen Harper end his government�s stonewalling on proposed Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) legislation to fight human rights and environmental abuses by Canadian extractive companies doing business in South America. |
 | Argentina Popular Tribunal Convicts Barrick Gold of �Genocide� Union of Citizen Assemblies The Famatina mountain range in the province of La Rioja, Argentina was the site of the fourth national gathering of the Union of Citizen Assemblies (UAC) the weekend of 6-8 July, 2007. Members of community assemblies throughout Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay fighting against the effects of transnational extractive industries met to share strategies and information in their common struggles. The third day of the gathering was dedicated to an International Tribunal Against Barrick Gold Corporation. Activists from Chile, USA and Argentina, armed with testimonies from communities around the world impacted by Barrick Gold took the stage, providing witnesses and documentation of the �genocidal� practices of Barrick, to a panel of judges composed of respected local leaders. |
| CHILE: Barrick Land Rip-off on Trial by Monica Evans, The Valparaiso Times July 13th, 2007 A Court of Appeals trial began last Friday to determine who rightfully owns 8,600 hectares of land that Canadian mining company Barrick Gold bought from illiterate farmer Rodolfo Villar for 10,000 pesos (US$20). |
 | Gold rush threatens glacier by Lucia Newman in the Huasco Valley, Chile, Al Jazeera Hernan Calderon says he is just an "insignificant insect" to the owners of the Pascua Lama gold mine high in the Andes mountains in northern Chile. The cattle herder used to be able to check his herds in the fields of the Huasco Valley via a public road. He now requires a key for a gate erected after the land was bought by the Canadian company Barrick Gold, the largest mining company in the world. |
| Aboriginal Elders Occupy Barrick Gold�s Australian Head Office http://www.savelakecowal.org/intro.html July 13th, 2007 Elders and supporters of the Wiradjuri Aboriginal Nation have occupied the Australian head office of the world�s largest gold mining company, Barrick Gold. |
| Congressmen Seek Pascua Lama Review Because Of Glacier Damage by Monica Evans, Santiago Times, EL CIUDADANO A TV news report last week revealing drastic destruction of glaciers near the Pascua Lama gold mine project prompted the Chamber of Deputies to call for an inquiry into the mining project. |
| Deputies Call For Inquiry Into Chile's Pascua Lama Project by Monica Evans, Valparaiso Times, EL CIUDADANO A report revealing drastic destruction of glaciers last week prompted deputies in the Chamber of Deputies, Valpara�so, to call for an inquiry into the Pascua Lama mining project. |
| Chile's Glaciers Demand Greater Attention by Mike Hager, Santiago Times (June 12, 2007) A new book about Chile�s vast glacier reserves aims to focus greater public attention on the important role glaciers play in the nation�s water systems and in its natural patrimony. |
| ENVIRONMENT: Chile's Biggest Freshwater Reserve Left Unprotected by Daniela Estrada, Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS) SANTIAGO, Jun 12 (IPS/IFEJ) - Chile possesses vast freshwater reserves in its glaciers, but lacks laws to protect them. Lawmakers, farmers and environmentalists are calling for legislation to fill that gap. |
