No to the Coup! The Canadian government must demand the return of President Zelaya and refuse to recognize the military regime! Canadian mining companies out of Honduras! Reparations for the communities in the Siria Valley!

Protest Picket at Goldcorp's head office: 666 Burrard Street, Vancouver.
Thursday July 23
12pm
Bring your banners!

Join us in our continued efforts denounce the coup! Since the June 28
removal of president of Honduras, grassroots solidarity organizations
throughout the world have protested the overthrow of Honduran democracy.

Meanwhile, the Canadian government and mining companies are complicit in the military coup in Honduras because of their continued silence and at times direct participation in supporting the defacto regime led by Roberto Micheletti.

Goldcorp, a Vancouver based mining giant, operated the controversial
cyanide leaching, open pit "San Martin" gold mine in the department of Francisco Morazón in Honduras until 2008. Today, many residents of the Siria Valley, where the mine is located, are sick and unable to work because of illnesses linked to Goldcorp's operations. The company still has a skeleton crew of employees in the country, who according to community members were bussed to pro-coup rallies sponsored by the
corporate backed "Movement for Peace and Democracy."

It's a lie that Goldcorp doesn't get involved in politics: in Guatemala, they launched a constitutional challenge against Indigenous People who organized to say NO to the company's Marlin mine, and in Argentina, Goldcorp has supported legal actions against tax increases.

The coup in Honduras suits the interests of Canadian mining companies.

Micheletti's military regime promises more profits for the corporate sector, and lower wages and less rights for workers.

Article about Canadian mining companies and the coup: http://thetyee.ca/Views/2009/07/09/ShameOnCanada/

Video about the San Martin Mine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp4jBtL7kxs

Goldcorp busses workers to pro-coup rally: http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/photo/1717

Honduras working group at Mediacoop.ca: http://www.mediacoop.ca/group/1670

Image of Goldcorp's cynaide leaching mine in Honduras by Rights Action.