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Chile's Environmentalists Wake Up, Go For The Gold

SANTIAGO, Chile - Thousands of environmentalists marched in 14 Chilean cities on Saturday to celebrate the growing clout of their movement after two victories against major industries. Environmentalist helped shut down the Valdivia wood pulp plant, a unit of the country's biggest industrial conglomerate Copec, which was blamed for polluting a wetlands and killing hundreds of black-necked swans....

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Chile's Environmental Commission Opposes Glacier Removal Plan

Barrick Gold Forced To Re-Think Mining Project

Region III's Environmental Commission (COREMA) asked Canadian mining firm Barrick Gold not to relocate three glaciers in the Andes Mountains that are covering 17.6 million oz. of rich gold and silver deposits.
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Barrick Gold Strikes Opposition in South America

“Barrick! Listen! Chile will not surrender!, No to Pascua Lama!,” roared a crowd of protestors as they paraded through the streets of Santiago, Chile. The crowd was addressing Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold, in response to the company's proposed bi-national “Pascua Lama” open-pit mine on the border of Chile and Argentina....

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Farmers Protest Mining Project in Chile's Region III

Canadian Company To Move Three Glaciers To Open Gold Mine

The Santiago Times, Chile - By Jade Frank

March 31, 2005
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Urgent Environmental Alert

Protect the Glaciers of the South of the World! Barrick Gold’s Pascua Lama Project...

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