On August 19, the Abarca family held a press conference to mark the 10th anniversary of the murder of Mariano Abarca over his opposition to Canadian mining operations in Mexico
Anti-hate groups step up their counter-protests in the face of mainstream media coverage that’s all too willing to give the far-right a platform for anti-Muslim views
A primer on the posturing, propaganda and Canada’s attempts to forestall a U.S. invasion of the oil-rich socialist experiment in South America
An Indigenous group from Ecuador was in the Ontario Court of Appeal last week trying to recover a historic $9.5 billion judgment ($12 billion with interest) against U.S. oil giant
Chevron Canada lawyers faced tough questions in a Toronto court last week over U.S. parent’s refusal to pay $12 billion judgment awarded to Indigenous farmers in Ecuador
A petition filed with public sector integrity commissioner alleges diplomats at the Canadian embassy in Mexico City intervened on behalf of Calgary mining company implicated in the murder of activist Mariano Abarca
The first of three precedent-setting civil suits is being closely watched by a Canadian mining industry that has operated with relative impunity despite a history of human rights abuses abroad
Propaganda war hits Toronto after local Consulate officials use doctored photo to call for community gathering on upheaval back home, then fail to show
Toronto-based miner’s Veladero operations shutdown “indefinitely” by Argentine government after company’s failure to publicly disclose details of September 8 spill
Toronto-based mining giant trying to clean up its act abroad faces questions over its handling of another spill at Veladero operations in Argentina as the government steps in to suspend operations
The company’s massive overhaul in the name of transparency since the departure of founder Peter Munk may actually lead to less accountability for its sins abroad
Findings of six-month probe into 2013 shooting at Canuck company’s Guatemala mine were presented recently to the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights
