Please re-distribute and publish this declaration in your own publications, communities, and send it to your media and politicians.

The signers of this Declaration are clear – they DO NOT WANT North American mining companies exploiting the lands and resources of indigenous and campesino communities, harming their environment and development.

This is not a declaration demanding better ‘regulation’ of the global mining industry, demanding better ‘laws’ to hold the global mining industry accountable for harms and violations. While good and enforceable ‘regulations’ and ‘laws’ may be useful short-term demands, the underlying demands are to put an end to unjust, exploitative and environmentally harmful global industries.

While the signers do not expect the company, governments and World Bank to immediately accept the DEMANDS, as set out below, in the measure that more and more North Americans become aware about and involved in efforts to support these DEMANDS, the company, governments and World Bank will have to respond positively to these demands, even when they don’t want to.

For more information about this and other issues related to the negative impacts of the North American mining industry from Rights Action: info [at] rightsaction.org

Alternatively, you can find out more information about the fight against Glamis's exploitation of Guatemala's natural resources at this new website which is an independent repository of information on mining in Guatemala.

You can read the full declaration here and sign up to it by emailing caminando27 [at] yahoo.es.