nakedempire


The American Empire in a Changing World



Pages

Monday, August 20, 2012

''Mexican Farmers Battle Canadian Mining Company for Control of Their Land''

From UpsideDownWorld

''Civil disobedience has halted production at Mexico’s “top grade producer of silver.” Farmers of the La Sierrita village, a close knit community of about 50 families, located 40 minutes north of the city of Gomez Palacio, Durango, have shut down the La Platosa mine owned by Canadian firm Excellon Resources for over a month.

This comes in response to the company’s refusal to negotiate with the community over its requests for the preferential hiring of local people on whose land the company operates, as well as pay the rental rates for its use.''

read more 

No comments:

Post a Comment