The geopolitical and geoeconomic duplicity digest-II
Previous part contained examples of Canadian mining pollution and suppression of data on their toxic waste from the people and Canadian NGOs Canada has long term plans to take over mines in India through its’ powerful MNCs and the grounds are being prepared slowly…. An ambitious agenda has been drawn… The Canadian crown corporation IDRC promotes Canadian mining interests It supported a study in Nilgiris It funded a TERI project on Goa’s mines It is a major donor to PANOS But those who take support from IDRC and Canada had been and continue to be strangely silent on the havoc caused by Canadian mining in resource rich poor countries…. * * *A Struggle for Clean Water and Livelihood: Canadian Mining in Costa Rica in the Era of Globalization* SAY YES TO LIFE, NO TO MINING! was the slogan of a protest against the Canadian firm Vanessa Ventures Ltd in Costa Rica on March 22, 2002. Thousands of Costa Ricans took to the streets in Ciudad Quesada to battle the decision of their national' government to grant a permit for open pit gold mining to another Canadian mining corporation. Why are Costa Ricans fighting Canadian mining firms? The answer involves forests, pollution, debt, water, local livelihoods, and globalization-related national policy changes. Women are central in the mining protests, both as leaders and as those whose lives are most affected. Read the full tragic story by Dr. Ana Isla at http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=1777 -- Dr. Nandkumar Kamat, GOA