Events

"Gold and Greed: North American Mining in Central America"
A Rights Action Speaking Tour with Carlos Amador Aleman and Sandra Cuffe

Carlos is a community organizer, educator and leader of the Siria Valley
Environmental Committee in Francisco Morazan, Honduras. His work includes working to expose the multiple violations and damage being caused by cyanide-leaching, open pit gold mining practiced in the region by the Vancouver-based Goldcorp (formerly Glamis Gold) mining company, and to promote and work for community controlled alternative development projects.

Sandra works with Rights Action and has lived and worked in Honduras for over three years, working on a wide range of development, environment and human rights issues with community organizations in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador; Sandra has investigated and written extensively about the widespread environmental and human costs of North American mining operations in Honduras.

For more information contact Christopher Loperena at 512-300-3685
For directions to MonkeyWrench, call 512-407-6925