Latin America Week/Public Talk

As part of Latin America Week celebrations, you are invited to a public talk on

Digging at the Heart of Mother Earth: The Social and Environmental Impact of Mega-Extractive Industries”

at  Amnesty International’s shop/office in Galway TOMORROW (Tuesday 9th of April ) at 7.30 pm.

Speakers include:

Sandra Sierra:Human Rights in Guatemala – Paradigmatic of High Impact Legal Cases (Transitional Justice).

Aida Julieta Quiñones Torres and Milton Sánchez “Social and environmental impact of mega-extractive industries: the cases of Peru (La Conga) and Colombia”.

About the Campaign:

Name of project: Conga Mining Project
Executive Company: Yanacocha (Shareholders: Newmont (USA), Buenaventura (Peru) and the World Bank (IFC)

We are also honoured by the presence of Hector Aristizábal  who is  in Ireland and is coming to share his work on our event in Galway. Don´t miss this unique opportunity.

All Welcome.