Meanwhile in San Marcos where Glamis Gold (Goldcorp) operates a Canadian gold mine,cyanide and heavy metals have contaminated the local water supply seriously impacting the cultivation of subsistence crops and the health of the villagers. The company is meeting with strong indigenous resistance who had voted overwhelming to keep the mine out of their territory in 2005 but was ignored....
The African story receives the least national attention and yet countries like Ghana have been victimized by Canadian mining ventures for years. Golden Star Resources pillaged and plundered the region with impunity and despite foreign investments, there are no benefits to the local community. In fact quite the opposite: when a junior Canadian company went bankrupt, the defunct company left behind an 18 million dollar debt, frozen bank accounts & environmental devastation without legal obligations to compensate for environmental and economic harms.
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