Residents and activists from the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosí travelled to Toronto to tell the shareholders of a Canadian mining company that their investments are at risk because the billion-dollar Cerro San Pedro gold and silver mine is illegal and environmentally unsafe. "We want the Canadian people to be aware their investments have serious environmental and social damages in other countries. The mining is right next to monuments of national importance."
Mexicans Protest Canadian Mining Company
Mexicans Protest Canadian Mining Company
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Submitted by AC89 on Mon, 2008-06-30 16:51. | Tags: politics | canada | cyanide | Mexico | mining | water pollution