2012 Letter to Guatemalan President seeking action based on 2012 Peoples' International Health Tribunal's findings against Goldcorp Inc.
On 1 August 2012, the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network (MISN) from Canada, the Front in Defense of San Miguel Ixtahuacán (FREDEMI), the Parochial Commission of San Miguel Ixtahuacán Kolol Qnan Tx’otx’, the M4-Mesoamerican Movement against the Extractive Mining Model, the International Centre on Human Rights Investigations (CIIDH), and affected communities of San Miguel Ixtahuacán delivered a letter to the President of Guatemala, Otto Pérez Molina, demanding that the Guatemalan and Canadian governments regulate and penalize Goldcorp Inc. for environmental, health, and human rights harms. The demands were based on the findings of the Peoples' International Health Tribunal released the same year and delivered along with the letter.
Political Action Category / Categoría de Acción Política:
Lobbying
Reference / Referencia:
Peoples' International Health Tribunal, "Veredicto de cupabilidad de Goldcorp se entrega a las autoridades de Guatemala y Canada", online: https://tribunaldesalud.org/
Accessed on date / Fecha de consulta:
11 August 2020