While Barrick shareholders met to discuss third quarter earnings, over one thousand Chileans took to the streets in protest of Barrick’s multi-billion dollar Pascua Lama mining project. At the same time, in Tanzania, thousands of miners went on strike over salaries, healthcare and working conditions at Barrick's controversial Bulyanhulu mine.

In Chile, mine opponents include the Diaguita Huascoaltinos Indigenous group and local political leaders. They fear that the mine will disturb the area's sensitive ecosystem – already a UNESCO biosphere reserve – which provides water for the agriculture-rich Huasco Valley. Despite company assurances, Barrick's exploration activities have already been linked to a 56 to 70 percent depletion in three glaciers near the mine site.

In Tanzania, Barrick fired every worker on strike as they sought to improve pay, working conditions and benefits.

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en español: En Santiago de Chile y en Tanzania: Protestas y huelga preceden a reunión de Barrick Gold | Marcha contra la precarización de la vida en Argentina | Sentencia a Barrick Gold en Juicio popular en Chilecito La Rioja Argentina | Repudio ciudadano en III Reunión Bi-Nacional de Ecología | Observatorio Latinoamericano de Conflictos Ambientales | Mines and Communities (bilingüe)