Backgrounders and other info on the Glamis mine situation:

Backgrounders and other info on the Glamis mine situation:

Public rejection of IFC supported gold mining project in Guatemala

Canadian Government & Mining Companies Pursuing Guatemalan Riches

Letter to Guatemalan President gets international support
Nov 2004 - "The Frente por la Vida coalition asks that your government: halt further work on the Marlin mine pending the full and informed participation of local communities..."

Response to Ambassador's letter
5 Nov 2004

Canadian Ambassador to Guatemala defends mine in Guatemala newspaper
4 Nov 2004

The position of the Diocese of San Marcos on open-pit mining in Guatemala
by Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini
17 Sept. 2004- "What remains clear is that from now on we must impede, at all costs, any mining activity in our country. We must mobilize all of our forces to achieve this: from legal actions to peaceful resistance on the part of the communities."