Canadian investment in Colombia: An analysis of extractive companies

Albor, Gustavo Rodríguez; Blandón, Melissa Peláez; Luna, Rafael García

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“…Between 2006 and, local communities received just 1.4% of the mine's total earnings (less than US$4.5 million, while Goldcorp pocketed $269.3 million in net earnings) (Zarsky and Stanley 2013). In Colombia, the activities of Canada's Pacific Coal Resources Ltd. contributed to water scarcity and respiratory disease, dizziness, and abdominal pain in community members (Rodríguez Albor et al 2014). Additionally, many people have been forcibly displaced by environmental destruction and water and soil contamination (Working Group on Mining and Human Rights in Latin America 2014).…”

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Canadian mining and ill health in Latin America: a call to action

Birn

Shipton

Schrecker

2018

Can J Public Health

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This commentary argues that Canada's public and global health communities have a special ethical and political responsibility to act to reverse the harms associated with Canadian mining activities in Latin America and beyond through advocacy, research, and using their public voice. We begin with an overview of the direct and indirect health effects of mining, drawing especially on Latin America where 50-70% of mining activity involves Canadian companies. Then we examine the judicial, legislative, financial, and diplomatic contexts that make Canada such a welcome host and champion of the mining sector. Finally, we turn to the responsibility of the public and global health communities, offering concrete recommendations for using research, practical expertise public health solidarity networks, and political clout to speak out and advocate for policies that redress the harms caused by mining.

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Canadian mining and ill health in Latin America: a call to action

Birn

Shipton

Schrecker

2018

Can J Public Health

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Explotación de recursos naturales y conflicto en Colombia

Sandoval¹,

Marín²,

Almanza³

2017

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Colombia se ha especializado en la extracción de recursos mineroenergeticos como oro, carbón, petróleo y ferroníquel. Estas actividades, en un contexto de debilidad estatal, han generado conflictos de diferentes dimensiones. El presente trabajo propone un indicador de conflicto relacionado con la explotación mineral, que permite clasificar cinco dimensiones de conflictividad: social, económica, cultural, política y ambiental. El indicador agregado muestra que los homicidios, la presencia de población afrodescendiente, las inundaciones, la contaminación, los incendios, la mortalidad infantil, los cultivos de coca y los delitos sexuales están altamente correlacionados con un mayor número de conflictos.

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Canadian investment in Colombia: An analysis of extractive companies

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Canadian mining and ill health in Latin America: a call to action

Canadian mining and ill health in Latin America: a call to action

Explotación de recursos naturales y conflicto en Colombia

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