Pan American Silver (formerly Tahoe Resources)

Beginning in 2012, Tahoe Resources - corporate off-spring of Goldcorp Inc., now bought out by Pan American Silver - has been trying to operate a silver and gold mine in the Xinka territories and campesino communities of south-eastern Guatemala. As with all mining-resistance struggles in Guatemala and Honduras, local Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities have suffered: government and company repression, including killings; criminalizations on trumped up charges; health and environmental harms; other human rights violations.

2011 May 08 - The Continuing Invasion of Canadian Companies

2012 February 22 - Guatemala, a New ‘Genocidal’ Ex-General President, Silver and Gold; Article by D. Valladares; Prensa Libre Article

2012 June 15 - The Committee to Defend Life [ Comité en Defensa de la Vida] Public Statement

2012 August 21 - Tahoe Resources (Goldcorp Inc) in Guatemala and the “Criminalization” of Community Human Rights and Environment Defenders - Rights Action Commentary

2012 September 19 - More Repression Linked to Canadian Mining Company Interests

2013 January 16 - “Guatemala in 2013: More Mining Violence and Impunity”, by G. Russell

2013 March 26 - Tahoe Resources Linked to Assassination of Exaltacion Marcos Ucelo; Mining Watch Canada Communiqué; La Politica es La Politica Article; El Periodico Article

2013 April 05 - “Tahoe Celebrates Mining License, Soon After Kidnapping of Four Indigenous Men and Murder of One of Them; More Repression is Likely Against People Opposed to the Silver Mine”, by G. Russell

2013 April 08 - Bullets & Break-In, After Kidnappings & Murder, Linked to Tahoe/Goldcorp in Guatemala

2013 April 11 - Repression Going from Bad to Worse; Plaza Publica Report

2013 April 27 - Shootings by Tahoe Resources (Goldcorp Inc.) Armed Guards in Guatemala: Before Goldcorp Annual Shareholder Meeting, May 2nd, Toronto

2013 May 08 - “Mining Employees Linked to Death of Member of National Civilian Police”, Article by C. Orantes

2013 May 10 - “Tahoe Resources Mining Executive in Guatemala Gives Direct Orders to Kill Protestors”, Guatemala Times Article

2013 June 03 - “Guatemalan Region Militarized Following Dispute Around Canadian-Owned Mine”, Washington Post/Associated Press Article

2013 December 05 - Petition: Tell Tahoe Resources to Pack Its Bags and Leave Guatemala! ; Two NISGUA Reports

2014 April 24 - Daughter Killed, Father Wounded in Attack Likely Linked to Tahoe Resources (Goldcorp Inc.); Sign-On Letter

2014 May 09 - Mining Watch Calls on Canada Pension Plan to Divest from Tahoe Resources

2014 June 16 - Why Was Tahoe Resources Following and Monitoring Visiting Canadian and American Citizens?

2014 June 19 - “Guatemalans File Lawsuit Against Canadian Mining Company for 2013 Shooting”, CCIJ Article

2014 July 01 - “Landmark Suit Against Canadian Mining Firm Filed in BC: Human Rights Group Seeks to Hold BC-based Company Liable for Shooting in Guatemalan Mine”, Article by S. Salamanca

2015 January 28 - “Norwegian Oil Fund Offloads Tahoe Resources And Other Firms Over Environmental, Human Rights Records”, Article by J. Williams

2015 April 07 - “Murder of Telesforo Odilio Pivaral Gonzalez”, Article by CALAS

2015 April 09 - “Tahoe Resources in Court Today Over Guatemalan Workers’ Lawsuit: Guatemalan Protesters Who Allege They Were Shot by Security Guards Want Suit Against Firm Heard in B.C.”, Article by G. Rasmussen

2015 April 09 - Militarized Mining in Guatemala: Struggles to Hold Companies Accountable for Murder and Repression

2015 April 16 - “Tahoe Resources’ Administrative Manager Detained on Charges of Industrial Contamination”, Mining Watch Article

2015 May 08 - “Guatemalan Judge Orders Police to Bring Tahoe Resources Chairman Kevin McArthur to Court”, Article by S. Cuffe

2015 October 21 - Call for Sign-Ons: Another Shooting in Guatemala Linked to Tahoe Resources

2016 May 23 - Tahoe Resources: Where is Your Mining License?

2016 October 31 - “Guatemalans To Appeal Case Against Tahoe Resources in BC Court; Reminder that Canada Must be Open for Justice”, Mining Watch Article

2016 November 03 - Lawsuits Against Tahoe Resources in B.C. Court, for Shootings and Repression by Tahoe Security Guards in Guatemala; various articles

2017 January 19 - “Assassination of Laura Leonor Vásquez Pineda, land and Environmental defender”, MovimientoM4 Article

2017 January 27 - British Columbia court permits lawsuit against Tahoe Resources for mining repression in Guatemala; CCIJ statement

2017 June 16 - “Communities Maintain Peaceful Blockade to Protest Negative Impacts of Tahoe Resources’ Mine in Guatemala”, NISGUA article

2017 June 24 - “Take Action! Call on Tahoe Resources to Stop Using Violence Against Peaceful Protestors”, NISGUA article

2017 June 26 - Casillas, Guatemala: Anti-Tahoe Resources Community & Environmental Defense Struggle Continues

2017 December 28 - “‘If we’re attacked, we’ll die together,’ a 16-year-old anti-mining activist told her family. But when the bullets came, they killed only her”, Los Angeles Times article by K. Linthicum

2018 June 06 - Organizational Sign-On Letter - Say No to Canadian & U.S. Lobbying on Behalf of Tahoe Resources in Guatemala

2018 August 15 - Tahoe Must Go. Close the Mine, Affected Communities Demand; Mining Watch Information

2018 September 13 - False accusations of kidnapping made by Tahoe Resources against Guatemalan villagers

2018 December 12 - “Pan American Silver Poised to Buy Huge Trouble with Acquisition of Tahoe Resources’ Escobal mine”, by E. Moore

2019 January 15 - Legal Challenge to Misleading Statements Related to Tahoe Resources/Pan American Silver’s Repressive, Corrupted Mine in Guatemala

2019 July 31 - Pan American Silver Forced to Offer Settlement to Guatemala Victims of Mining Repression and Violence; Press Release from Lawyers for Guatemalan Plaintiffs; Statement from Breaking the Silence, Mining Watch, et al.

2021 January 19 - Urgent Action Organization Sign-On Letter: Pan American Silver-linked assassination attempt against Julio González, community defender resisting mine in Guatemala (formerly owned by Tahoe Resources)

2021 April 14 - More lawsuits against Pan American Silver for human rights violations in Guatemala: Canadian mining ‘business-as-usual’

2021 August 17 - Pan American Silver facing lawsuit in Guatemala for damages to property and life in village of La Cuchilla

2022 July 4 - Pan American Silver (formerly Tahoe Resources) silencing dissenting voices at Annual Shareholder Meeting; Financial Post article

2022 July 15 - Communique: Summit of Peoples in Argentina, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru Harmed by Pan American Silver