Goldcorp Inc. in Honduras

From 2000-2008, Goldcorp Inc. - mining giant from Canada, now merged with Newmont Gold - operated a large cyanide-leeching, mountain-top removal mine in central Honduras. Local communities suffered forced evictions, repression and criminalization of community defenders, environmental destruction and health harms.

Continuing today, some villagers are suffering chronic, inter-generational health harms due to blood poisoning caused by Goldcorp’s mining operation.

No reparations were ever given to the villagers for all they suffered; no justice was ever done - in Honduras or Canada - for the mining harms, violations and crimes that Goldcorp committed directly or indirectly.

2001 February 01 - “Honduras Is Worth More Than Gold” -- Anti-mining Campaign. More than 30% of Honduras’ territory has been licensed to foreign mining companies in just four years!

2001 April 10 - Honduran Government Leases One Third Of Country To Mining Companies

2004 April 04 - Honduras: The Global Investor’s Oasis: Cyanide Pools in the Desert

2005 January 31 - Re-release of report concerning Glamis Gold in Honduras

2005 March 03 - A Backwards, Upside-Down Kind of Development - Rights Action Report

2005 November 02 - Workers strike at Glamis gold mining operation & Article by S. Cuffe

2006 May 11 - The Independent & BBC Articles on harms and violations associated with the unregulated global gold mining industry

2006 August 18 - Independent Study Reveals Dangerous Levels of Heavy Metal Contamination in Water and Blood Samples in the Communities Affected by Glamis Gold's Mining Activities in the Siria Valley

2007 February 25 - Protests Mount Against Goldcorp (Formerly Glamis Gold) Mining Giant

2007 April 22 - New Documentary Film: Canadian Gold Diggers Contributing to Desperate Poverty in Honduras

2007 May 23 - “Gold, Skin, & Bones: Goldcorp’s Adventure in Honduras”, by D. Paley

2007 July 18 - Articles on Protests Against Goldcorp Gold Co. (Formerly Glamis Corp.) and All Open Pit Mining Ends in Repression

2007 September 11 - Open Letter to Gov’t of Canada From the Siria Valley Environmental Committee

2007 September 17 - ALERT: Goldcorp Seeking to Release Potentially Contaminated Water into Local Ecosystem in Honduras

2007 October 21 - The Latin American Water Tribunal Findings

2007 December 04 - Photo Essay: Goldcorp Inc. Mining Co. in Honduras, by G. Russell and G. Meyer

2008 January 24 - “Lead, Mercury, Arsenic Found in Siria Valley Population”, Article by D. Meza

2008 October 23 - Documentary: “All That Glitters Isn’t Gold - A Story of Exploitation and Resistance”

2009 March 23 - A Chronology of Indifference

2009 March 31 - “Alleged Gold-Mining Pollution Kills Cattle & Vultures in the Siria Valley (Honduras)

2009 April 02 - Photo Essay: Gold mining and health harms in Honduras”, Diario Article

2009 May 13 - “Can Vaseline and Nivea Skin Cream Cure Mining-Related Skin Problems in Honduras?”, Article by K. Spring

2009 June 04 - “On-Going Environmental Disaster in the Siria Valley, Despite Closure of the Goldcorp Inc.’s “Entre Mares” Mine”, Revistazo.com Article

2010 March 29 - Photo Essay: On-going, repetitive health harms in the Siria Valley, Honduras, near Goldcorp Inc’s open-pit, cyanide-leaching mine

2010 August 16 - Goldcorp Inc. Faces Criminal Charges for Environmental Harms & Related Health Harms, As It Tries to Re-Open Its Gold Mine in Honduras

2011 May 09 - “The Real Cost of Gold in Honduras”, Article by K. Spring and G. Russell

2011 May 15 - Blood Poisoning at Goldcorps “San Martin” Mine in Honduras

2011 July 05 - Community Leaders Arrested on Trumped up Charges, For Protecting Forests From Illegal Loggers Linked to Goldcorp Inc.

2011 July 30 - “Criminalization of Human Rights and Environmental Defenders” Article

2011 November 08 - Goldcorp Cover-up of Health Harms in Honduras, #1, Report by Dr. Juan Almendares

2011 November 22 - Goldcorp Cover-up of Health Harms in Honduras, #2, La Tribuna news article: “Cover-Up of Evidence of Acid Waters in the Siria Valley

2011 November 28 - Goldcorp Cover-up of Health Harms in Honduras, #3, La Tribuna Newspaper article: “Sick Ex-Mining Company Employees Protest in Front of the Supreme Court of Justice”

2011 December 23 - Goldcorp Inc. & the Death of Lesly Yaritza

2012 July 02 - “A Message From the Victims of Mining Contamination: Chronicle of a Death Foretold”, by C. Amador

2013 March 12 - 5 years after Goldcorp Inc. suspended operation of it’s mountain-top removal, cyanide leaching “San Martin” mine

2013 June 24 - “Cyanide Dreams: Ecotourism and Mega-Mining Don’t Mix in Honduras” Article by R. Deutsch

2013 July 11 - “Endemic Health Crisis in the Siria Valley (Honduras), Caused Assuredly by Goldcorp Inc., by C. Amador and G. Russell

2016 January 31 - Sign-on Letter to Goldcorp Inc. and Montana Exploradora: “Water and Peace for Diodora Hernandez and her Family”

2016 February 09 - Water & Peace For Diodora Hernandez & Her Family

2016 May 14 - Goldcorp Inc’s Marlin Mine: A Family’s Pain: Death of Jaime Otero Pérez López

2016 May 16 - Diodora Hernandez & Goldcorp Inc. - A Start Contrast

2016 October 14 - Mayan Mam People Say ‘NO’ To Canadian Government’s CSR Mining Promotion Office

2016 November 21 - Trying -!!- to divest from Goldcorp Inc. – Profits over human rights and the environment

2017 February 20 - The Enormity of North American Investor and Global Mining Impunity in Guatemala: Case study Goldcorp Inc.

2017 May 01 - Goldcorp Inc. closing “Marlin” mine in Guatemala, leaving 13 years of harms and violations, corruption and impunity

2017 June 09 - More mining violence and environmental harms to come in Guatemala: Bluestone Resources/Goldcorp Inc. & the “Cerro Blanco” mine

2017 July 04 - Repression feared in Guatemala as protests continue: Goldcorp Inc. closing mine without paying for 13 years of harms and damages

2017 July 11 - WANTED: Goldcorp Inc. Vice-President on bribery charges in Guatemala. Does Goldcorp face criminal liability in Guatemala, Canada or the U.S.?

2017 July 17 - Goldcorp trying to leave Guatemala without paying for harms and destruction left behind

2018 April 04 - Goldcorp’s “Valley of Despair” in Honduras: Another Canadian mining legacy story from around the world Comprehensive health and environmental reparations needed, now

2018 May 21 - “Condemnation of Illnesses Caused by Goldcorp Inc. in Honduras’ Siria Valley”, ConfidencialHN Article