Word: venezuela
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Thousands of miners staged a violent two-week demonstration last September in Las Claritas, Venezuela, close to the Brazilian border. They blocked the border highway, burned trucks and threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at national-guard troops. Their main target was Crystallex, a Toronto-based company that since 2002 is said to have held the legal rights to Las Cristinas--the world's fifth largest gold mine, with 12.5 million oz. of proven reserves...
Another confrontation between a ruthless First World corporation and exploited Third World labor? No, this is the Venezuela of President Hugo Chávez, where any semblance of business as usual is usually unintentional. The miners, who are illegal squatters, were protesting because they say Crystallex is trying to bar them from doing their free-lance work at Las Cristinas--despite the fact that Crystallex has yet to begin operating the mine and, as a result, has failed to create the 1,500 formal, well-paying mining jobs (more than $200 a month, with benefits) that had been promised. Crystallex points...
...agenda, which he recently put on display at a protest rally in Mar del Plata, Argentina, against President George W. Bush, who was there to push free trade. In another speech, in September, Chávez warned that in order to "recover the national power and sovereignty of our resources," Venezuela "will not give any more mining concessions to transnationals," and it may even revoke some. The day after that broadside, Crystallex's share price on the Toronto Stock Exchange plummeted 40%, to $1.50. Shares of other firms mining gold in Venezuela, like Idaho-based Hecla, also took hits--especially when...
...best CDs of the year†by that same publication. This past summer, Cohler spent time in Taipei at the Second International Clarinet Festival of Taiwan. Much of Cohler’s time is spent abroad: he has showcased his musical talent in Venezuela, Brazil, and Portugal. As a member of the faculty at Cambridge’s Longy School of Music, Cohler is still tied to the Cambridge community. He is currently the Music Director and Conductor of the Brockton Symphony Orchestra and the assistant conductor of the Youth Philarmonic Orchestra of the New England Conservatory...
...part, President Vincente Fox of Mexico gave a nose count suggesting 29 of 34 nations assembled here still favor an FTAA even if major nations like Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina do not. The heads of state will issue a final communique soon, as they meet across town at the Hermitage Hotel, safely away from the protesters. As with all these kinds of events, U.S. officials will pour out of the meeting declaring whatever statement emerges as a major victory. Stay tuned...