The Price of Gold / Human Rights Violations In Peru / Video
The Price of Gold by Kigali films. Human Rights’ Violation in Yanacocha Gold Mine, Cajamarca, Peru. Producer: Kigali films; Keywords: Peru; mining; Yanacocha; gold mine; Cajamarca; Human Rights’ violation; mining conflict. Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Germany. Representatives from Ghana, Indonesia, Peru, Romania, and Nevada called Newmont Mining, the world’s largest gold producer, to urgently reform its human rights and environmental practices at its global operations. Newmont Mining has been called to respect human rights by: Fully respecting all human rights and not committing human rights violations, including intimidation of community members and activists. Refraining from projects that have not secured the free, prior, and informed consent of the communities concerned. Fully disclosing information about the environmental and social impacts of projects. Providing fair and just compensation for local communities affected by mining. Respecting the spiritual and cultural values of communities. Respect the environment by: Ending the practice of ocean dumping of mine wastes. Protecting water resources from pollution and depletion. Keeping sites of spiritual significance and protected areas off limits from mining. Ensuring that operations will not result in sulfuric acid drainage to water and soil. Providing guaranteed funding, before beginning a project, that will fully cover reclamation and closure costs. Addressing needs left behind by …
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a little bit of fairness, how about the fact that workers on the Yanacocha mine earn about twice the salary they could get elsewhere. Or the fact that the mine provides work for over 7,000 people, not to mention the mandatory re-distribution of profits.
usgcorp:
How about mercury in the drinking water and cows producing sour cream instead of milk. how about birth defects and cyanide pool? How about bribing government officials or the CIA paying over a million a year to a corrupt official named Montesino, how bout the state departments role in it?
Well… your right… It’s all fair because they get paid pennies more.
I am from Peru and the reality is that Cajamarca was always one of the poorest regions in the country. None of the studies (independent I mean) have proved the high level of pollution attributable to Yanacocha. For a big mining company it is cheaper to do the right thing rather than pollute indiscriminately. NGOs target big mines cause they can get big bucks from them…. artisanal miners are the biggest polluters, but of course NGOs dont target them cause they know they wouldnt get a penny.
I am going to Peru this September. What te spanish started 500 years ago, is now carried fwd by the American companies!
Of course we know that big companies in the developing world have a pristine record of doing the right thing. Oh yes we all know that. It is the little guys who are the real culprits. Of course oil spills and dumping of toxic waste doesn’t happen. Bopal was a mirage wasn’t it. Those people from that big American company wouldn’t have endangered those poor people of India. Why would they! After all Peruvian johnnygv4997 (who claims he’s Canadian on his channel) told me as much. It must be true!
Aren’t the Rothchilds controlling the Gold Standard everyday? Even twice a day (Cup of tea and toast darling? Yes thanks let me first determine the gold price for today, no milk please)