STOP BARRICK GOLD CAMPAIGN - Wabunge Simameni!


Kamati ya madini ni lazima watakuwa wameipitia mikataba hiyo yote.

Na hivyo hilo kuendelea kulifanya Bunge letu kuwa muhimu sana.

Huu ni wakati wa kutafuta lugha nyepesi ya kuwaeleza wananchi kinachoendelea na wananchotakiwa kufanya.

Watasikiliza this time...Wahamasishwe kwa kila namna...Maadamano ya amani nk.

Watumishi wa umma...Kama walimu nk wahusike kwenye kudai haki ili na wao kazi yao ipewe kipaumbele kwani bila kupata walimu bora..Basi tusitegemee lolote hata kama ukisema uchumi wa mafisadi unakuwa kwa asilimia ngapi.

Na pia nawashangaa sana hao mabalozi wa Canada..Najiuliza sana kama hawajavunja katiba kwani kama imeshajulikana kuwa mikataba yao ni batili ama haikuzingatia mapendekezo halisi ya wananchi wenye mali hiyo...Basi si halali kabisa kuendelea kuwashawishi wabunge ambao bado hata hawajatuambia kuwa wana maslahi gani na makampuni hayo.

Wangetuachia kwanza tu deal na hii Grand Corruption.

Sasa kama wao wanadai kazi yao ni kutusaidia kuupiga ufisadi...Hapa sasa wao si watakuwa wanatuwekea usiku tu?

Hao wanaodai na sisi tu lobby pia hawajui wanachosema kabisa.

Na pia hatuhiyaji World Bank watueleze kama tuna UHURU ama la.

Sisi tunajuwa kuwa...Madai yetu haya si ya kuinufaisha kampuni bali wananchi.

Kwahiyo Bunge liko kwenye wakati muhimu sana kwenye historia ya nchi yetu na kwa kweli kama na wabunge hao wanafuatilia mijadala ya hapa jf...Basi hatuna haja ya kuwapigia simu ili eti kuwaambia kuwa wayazingatie mapendekezo ya kamati ya madini kama ni watu wenye fikra na akili timamu!
 

Mkuu kama utakumbuka, wakati wa matatizo ya Sutton Resources yaliyotokea Bulayanhulu,ilikuwa wabunge wa Canada walio alert hilo tatizo.

Lakini share za Sutton Resources zilizipoanguka ilikuwa ni serikali ya Canada ndio ilimlazimisha Mkapa kuzima issue ya Bulaynhulu......sababu kubwa ni kulinda maslahi yao.

Sasa sijui sasa wataweza kutusaidia kivipi na huyo Harper ni mojawapo wa Bush's poodle.......(Bush Sr yuko ndani ya Barrick).Na tusishangae kuwa Bush amemwalika Muungwana D.C. kumweka sawa.......
 
Hapa marekani stories kwenye habari nazo ni hizo hizo tunazokumbana nazo hapo bongo...Kwani fannie na freddie wanachunguzwa na Fbi pamoja na lobyst wengine kibao tu waliopelekea matatizo ya kiuchumi kwa kutoa mikopo kama ile waliyopewa walimu na hata wabongo wengine.

Sasa hapo chini ni habari ya January...Na kwenye hihglight unaweza kuona jinsi ambavyo Gold yetu kwa kupitia hiyo kampuni ya Barrick...Iliweza kuuokoa uchumi wa marekani kama maelezo yanavyoonyesha na kama nilivyoeleza awali kwenye ile thread ya Jk Kumtema Sinclair.....

Kwamba tuwe makini kwasababu kwa uelewa wangu gold yetu ni kama tunatowa BURE.

Paul Kangas' Stocks in the News

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

JEFF YASTINE: The Dow held its own in the first half hour of trading, but at 10:00 a.m. Eastern, the Institute for Supply Management`s manufacturing survey showed a sharp decline and that raised fears again about an economic recession. The Dow dropped more than 200 points after that over the next three hours. An afternoon rally attempt failed and both indexes finished near their lows of the day. So the Dow falling 220.86 to close at 13,043.96 and then the NASDAQ dropped 42.65 to 2609.63. The S&P 500 ended down 21.2 to finish at 1447.16. In the bond market, the 10-year note gaining 1 2/32 to 102 25/32, dropping the yield down to 3.91 percent.
And SLM Corp (SLM), Sallie Mae, the student lender, leading our actives, 20 million shares falling $0.78, no specific news there. Citigroup (C) down $0.52. At least one analyst thinks Citi's new management will seek larger than expected write offs during the fourth quarter. Dick Buvay (ph) of Punk Siegel (ph) lowered his 2007 and 2008 earnings estimates for Citigroup.
Pfizer (PFE) gaining $0.18.
GE (GE) losing $0.31. The company's GE Capital unit and Blackstone, the private equity group, calling of their $2 billion deal to buy one of the largest mortgage originators PHH.
Bank of America (BAC) losing $0.70. The analyst at Sanford Bernstein sees a bigger write off there, $5.5 billion for the fourth quarter.
Then we have Ford Motor (F) topping our list here, down $0.13.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) losing $0.36 or almost 5 percent. Bank of America downgrading eight semiconductor stocks. AMD was one of them that really hurt the NASDAQ today.
EMC Corp (EMC) losing $0.51.
Qwest Comms Intl (Q) off $0.21.
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) down $1.10. Sanford Bernstein, again, an analyst there seeing $1 billion more in write downs at JPMorgan in the fourth quarter.
There were some gainers today, notably the gold stocks. Barrick Gold (ABX) rising $3.97 on today's record high gold price of $860 an ounce in New York trading and that helped all the other gold stocks.
Goldcorp Inc (GG), Gold Fields (GFI), Kinross Gold (KGC), Newmont Mining (NEM) all doing very well into the closing bell.
Boeing (BA) shares down $0.84.
And then we have AMR Corp (AMR), parent of American Airlines, falling $0.73. Goldman Sachs sees a larger than expected $0.71 a share loss at AMR in the fourth quarter.
Then Delta Air Lines (DAL) losing $1.10. Oil at nearly $100 a barrel, not helping any of the airline stocks get off the ground today.
BJ's Wholesale (BJ) down more than $4. JPMorgan downgrading the stock because of its high valuation.
Then LDK Solar (LDK) rising $2.36. The solar panel maker expecting up to $1 billion in sales for this year.
Verifone Holdings (PAY) shares fell $3.44. The company needs to restate earnings for most of 2007, but Verifone doesn't see those restatements coming out before March at the earliest.
Textron (TXT) shares down $4.49. Citigroup downgraded those based on a big 50 percent jump in the stock price last year.
On the NASDAQ, Apple (AAPL) topping the actives, falling more than $3.
Google (GOOG) off more than $6.
Research in Motion (RIMM) just up a fraction.
Microsoft (MSFT) losing $0.38.
Intel (INTC) getting caught up in that Bank of America downgrade of the chip makers, down $1.31.
Then we have Baidu.com (BIDU) off nearly $8.
Cisco Systems (CSCO) off $0.53.
Amazon.com (AMZN) bucking the trend, up $3.61. Citigroup says Amazon has one of the best fundamental outlooks among the Internet stocks.
Qualcomm (QCOM) losing nearly $1.
Oracle (ORCL) off about $0.09.
Then we have Akeena Solar (AKNS) adding nearly $3.50, a 43 percent jump after inking the deal with Suntech Power Holdings. It will allow wider distribution of its solar panel technology.
And finally, shares of Echostar Holding Corp (SATS), this is a new issue, rising $13 or 73 percent, first day of trading. It's a spin off of Echostar Communications and it contains their set top box business and certain satellite assets.
Those are our stocks in the news tonight.
 
Hivi wana JF mmeshawahi kukiuliza ni kwa nini Kikwete ameshindwa kuchukua uamuzi madhubuti kwa Richmond, IPTL, Rada na BOT scandals?

Jibu mnalo, lakini mnalikimbia au mnalifumbia macho.

Rejeeni hotuba yake kule Indaba Afrika Kusini kuhusu mambo ya madini, rejeeni mikataba aliyoingiza nchi yetu akiwa Waziri wa Madini, rejeeni kauli za Sinclair, rejeeni kinachotokea Dodoma sasa hivi kwa Balozi wa Canada kwenda kuchombeza kwa Wabunge!

Balozi wa Canada anakwenda kuchombeza kwa ajili ya maslahi ya nchi yake. Sisi tunapagawa! Ni nani analinda na ku-lobby kwa maslahi ya nchi yetu ikiwa Raisi wetu alimkabidhi ripoti ya Bomani Sinclair kabla ya ripoti kutolewa? Kiburi cha Sinclair kilitoka wapi kama si Magogoni kutambia dunia kuwa mapendekezo ya Kamati ya Bomani yataishia kupata vumbi na buibui?

Sasa mkishatafakari hayo, jiulizeni ni nani atamfunga paka kengele katika haya makundi ya CCM ya Mafisadi na Wahujumu wa Uchumi!
 
Barrick Gold has been accused of a number of environmentally unsound practices by environmental groups.[1][2] These include the proposed use of cyanide leach tailing dams for its gold mine project at Lake Cowal, and the alleged release of approximately seven tons of mercury during 2004-2005 at the Super Pit gold mine (a 50/50 joint venture with Newmont Mining Corporation) near the city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia.
Barrick has also been sued by Blanchard and Co. of New Orleans for allegedly manipulating the price of gold in an anti-competitive way. The case was settled out of court on November 18, 2005 with no payment of damages by Barrick. Barrick had counter-sued Blanchard for libel. This case also settled out of court, with damages paid by Blanchard to Barrick. In settlement, Blanchard issued the following statement "We regret having made the statements that gave rise to the libel action filed by Barrick in Canada and any embarrassment those statements may have caused Barrick or its officers or directors."
 
BIG Corruption going all the way to WH about to be exposed....
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This is the real news of the day but it won't be carried on any media you will see....here is a mess, the manipulation of free markets such as the NYSE and COMEX for the benefit of Bushies buddies like Kenny Boy Lay, et al and all of which is now run by Snow.......for more on this, go to
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Basically means that as the market price suppression scheme comes out, the price of gold gonna hoist the Repubs up and dangle them by the short and narlies....but get the key part of that, gold gonna go up even way more than it has this year.

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Speaking of Barrick and The Gold Cartel, this is the BIG NEWS of the day:

Blanchard and Company Lawsuit Versus Barrick Gold Corporation and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. to Move Into Discovery Phase

/FROM PR NEWSWIRE DALLAS 888-776-3971/
TO BUSINESS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORS:

Blanchard and Company Lawsuit Versus Barrick Gold Corporation and J.P. Morgan
Chase & Co. to Move Into Discovery Phase

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Blanchard and Company, Inc. received word today from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana that its case against Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX; Toronto) and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) once again may continue into the discovery phase of the lawsuit. The Court denied Defendants' Motions for Reconsideration of Judge Berrigan's September 3rd ruling. Blanchard's Complaint that Barrick and Morgan have violated U.S. antitrust laws by unlawfully combining to manipulate the price of gold and to monopolize the market in gold was brought in December of 2002.

In denying Defendants' Motions, the Court stated that, "Motions made pursuant to Rules 59(e) and 60(b) ... are not intended to relitigate issues properly before the Court when it issued the challenged ruling, or raise new facts or arguments that were not then before the Court ... This is what Defendants have attempted to do here. While the Defendants are understandably dissatisfied with a ruling not in their favor, this is neither the time nor method to raise these issues again."

Blanchard's CEO, Donald W. Doyle, Jr., stated that, "Barrick and Morgan appear to have lost the chance to delay the discovery phase of the case any further." Having already served J.P. Morgan and Barrick with its requests for production, Blanchard expects to move into the discovery process immediately.

-END-

More on the same:

REUTERS Court rejects Barrick request to rethink gold case

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov 4 (Reuters) - A U.S. court has denied a request from Barrick Gold Corp. , the world's No. 3 gold producer, that the court reconsider its ruling that an antitrust case against Barrick may go ahead, the plaintiff in the case said on Tuesday.

The plaintiff, Blanchard and Co., a New Orleans-based coin and bullion dealer, launched a suit against Barrick, as well as financial services giant J.P. Morgan Chase & Co Inc. , last December.

Blanchard alleged the two companies broke U.S. antitrust laws by colluding to rig the gold price and monopolize trading in bullion.

Toronto-based Barrick and J.P. Morgan tried to get the case thrown out but were unsuccessful. Barrick then tried in September to get the court to rethink its earlier ruling but this too has now failed. Barrick instead received a reprimand from the court.

"While the defendants are understandably dissatisfied with a ruling not in their favor, this is neither the time nor method to raise these issues again," Blanchard quoted the
latest judgment as saying.

Barrick was not immediately available for comment. It has previously called the civil action "utterly ridiculous".

Blanchard said the latest ruling meant the discovery phase of the lawsuit, in which both sides make available to each other documents relevant to the case, could now continue.

"Barrick and Morgan appear to have lost the chance to delay the discovery phase of the case any further," said Blanchard chief executive, Donald Doyle Jr.

((Reporting by Nicole Mordant, editing by Peter Galloway;
Reuters Messaging: nicole.mordant.reuters.com@reuters.net ; +604
664 7315))

-END-

GATA’s Chris Powell sums up the importance of Blanchard’s victory in this GATA email dispatch:

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Blanchard & Co., the New Orleans-based coin and bullion dealer, announced today that the effort by Barrick Gold and J.P. Morgan Chase to delay the search for evidence in Blanchard's gold price-fixing lawsuit has failed and that the lawsuit now will move into what is called the discovery phase.

GATA has long believed that if such a lawsuit could only reach discovery and if the bullion banks and the big shorts in gold, Barrick foremost among them, could only be compelled to answer questions about their activity in the gold market, the collusion against gold would be exposed no matter how the lawsuit was decided.

So Blanchard's reaching the discovery phase is a huge victory for the gold cause, for which everyone in the gold community and everyone who supports free markets should be profoundly grateful.

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ALERT!
BRITAIN’S OBSERVER SUED BY COMPANY OVER PALAST INVESTIGATION INTO LINKS TO BUSH, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES

By: Gregory Palast
In retaliation for the investigative story about the finances of the George W.
Bush campaign, Barrick Gold Mining of Canada has sued my paper, the Observer of
London, for libel. The company, which hired the elder Bush after his leaving
the White House, is charging the newspaper with libel for quoting an Amnesty
International report, which alleged that 50 miners might have been buried alive
in Tanzania by a company now owned by Barrick.
The company has also demanded the Observer and its parent, Guardian Newspapers,
force me to remove the article from my US website, a frightening extension of
Britain’s punitive libel laws into the World Wide Web. The company has also
issued legal threats against Tanzanian human rights lawyer Tundu Lissu, one of
the Observer’s independent sources and an investigator of the mine-site
allegations.
The attack by Barrick and its controversial Chairman, Peter Munk, one of the
wealthiest men in Canada, who boasts of his propensity to sue, also aims to gag
my reporting on his company’s purchase of rights to a gold mine in Nevada -
containing $10 billion in gold - for a payment of under $10,000 to the US
Treasury.
My Observer story, Best Democracy Money Can Buy, looked into the activities of
several corporations linked to the Bushes. It was in that article I first
disclosed that over 50,000 Florida voters, most of them Black, were wrongly
tagged as ‘felons,’ and targeted for removal from the voter rolls. My follow-up
reports in Salon.com, The Nation, and the Washington Post as well as on BBC-TV’s
Newsnight provided the basis for the US Civil Rights Commission finding of
massive, wrongful voter disenfranchisement in Florida.
My entire continuing investigation is in jeopardy. It is difficult to imagine
how my paper, owned by the non-profit Scott Trust, myself and human rights
lawyer Lissu can withstand the financial punishment of litigation by the
centi-millionaire Munk and his corporation.

In its latest Annual report, Amnesty says it cannot verify the allegations of
the mine killings because the government continues to resist an independent
investigation. Yet Barrick wants our paper to state what we know to be untrue:
that independent investigation found the charges completely baseless. Yet our
quoting Amnesty is no defense. Americans cannot conceive of the medieval
operation of British libel law. It does not permit the defense of “repetition” -
straightforward reporting on the statements of human rights groups are banned, a
gag nearly as effective as Burmese law.
Independently of Amnesty, attorney Lissu went to the mine site and provided our
paper with witness statements. Tanzanians have offered their services to help
defend against censorship in Britain, a poignant reversal for our paper which,
with imperial pomp, has launched a ‘Press Freedom Campaign’ to excoriate
developing nations over gagging journalists.
‘10 Little Piggies,’ Adnan Khashoggi, and The Greatest Gold Heist Since Butch
Cassidy
Peter Munk’s reputation precedes him. Last year, Mother Jones named him one of
America’s ‘Ten Little Piggies’ for his US gold mine’s literally ‘poisoning the
water’ through what environmentalists consider polluting extraction practices.
How Barrick got the gold mine is something they would rather we not report.
First, Munk was set up in the gold business by funds from Saudi arms dealer
Adnan Khashoggi. We are being sued for discussing this connection although the
information comes from Peter Munk himself, quoted in his biography.
Second, Barrick struck it rich when the company used (or misused, say many) an
old Gold Rush law to claim rights on a Nevada mine containing $10 billion in
gold by paying the US Treasury less than $10,000. They are suing my paper for
publicizing this extraordinary transaction, which US Interior Secretary of the
Interior Bruce Babbitt called, “the biggest gold heist since the days of Butch
Cassidy,” and “a form of legalized extortion.”
Barrick’s suit claims the Observer libeled them by failing to state that Barrick
had to spend money to buy other rights and equipment to dig the gold out of the
ground. What an odd misreading of our words. We never said the US government
mailed the gold bars to Barrick in Canada. We only said that Barrick got the
gold mine and the public got the shaft.

The company’s CEO has also demanded his lawyers slice a pound of our
journalistic flesh for mentioning that he, “made his name in Canada in the 1960s
as the figure in an infamous insider stock-trading scandal.” Yet, we read this
in the Canadian magazine Macleans: “The failure of [Clairetone Corporation] cost
Munk his business and his reputation. Most damning were allegations of insider
trading that were made after it was discovered that he and [his partner] had
sold shares in 1967 just before some of Clairetone’s most serious problems
became known.”
Lynching by Libel Law
The clear purpose of the suit is, as Barrick says, to force the Observer to say
the investigation “should never have been published” ­ an inquiry into those who
purchase the favor and influence of the Bush family, not just Barrick. The
article was about the blizzard of money whirling around a family of Presidents
and their associations. Among other paid favors for Barrick, the former
President wrote the dictator Suharto to convince him, successfully, to grant
another gold concession to Barrick.
And more than Barrick came into our investigative cross hairs. There was
Chevron Corporation, and ChoicePoint, the firm at the center of the racially
charged voter purge in Florida. This suit with malicious tone attempts to
besmirch our entire investigation and to undermine ours and others further
investigations into Bush and Barrick.
The Observer’s official history quotes a media critic’s statement that the
papers new editor,
“... is expected to continue the paper’s tradition of crusading reporting as in
the Lobbygate investigate investigation.”
In that ‘Lobbygate’ story, well known in the UK, I went undercover with my
partner Antony Barnett to expose corruption at the heart of the Blair cabinet.
But the wrath of a Prime Minister is easy to dismiss - and our awards were a
pleasant salve. The withering, costly pounding of an enraged corporate power
with too much money to spend has chilled reporters’ and British newspapers’ will
to take on the tougher investigative matters. Amnesty is, “silent on the advice
of lawyers.” And so, the witness statements of those who watched the bodies
exhumed, and one who dug his way from the mass grave, will now also remain
entombed in legal silence.
How much longer I can hold the line if abandoned by the Guardian’s Scott Trust -
which is cracking under the weight of legal bills - I cannot say. And the
consequences of capitulation to our source and defender, Tundu Lissu and his
Tanzanian human rights organization, we cannot imagine. Gregory.palast@guardian.co.uk
http://www.GregPalast.com
 
Ndugu zangu kama mnavyoona wenyewe...Mvutano ni MKUBWA SANA na sasa WABUNGE WANAJUWA LA KUFANYA!
HOPEFULLY!
Tundu Lissu Pia tuko nyuma yako na tusikate tamaa.

__________________
 
Waargentina washapitia hayo hayo na uamuzi wao mnauona!

ARGENTINA: Famatina Says NO to Barrick Gold

by David Modersbach, Mines and Communities
March 20th, 2007

In the Argentine province of La Rioja, an astonishing series of events have lead to the ouster of a corrupt pro-mining provincial governor and the apparent withdrawal of gold mining giant Barrick Gold from operations on the Famatina range. Who was responsible for these events? A small group of dedicated neighbors who are fighting tooth and nail to save their mountain range from open-pit mining exploitation.

On March 13, 2006 the capital city of La Rioja was rocked by turmoil and disturbances marking the sudden ouster of governor Ángel Maza. His ouster was based on charges of corruption arising from his relations with Barrick Gold, and was marked by violence, hired thugs and a systematic burning and destruction of evidence linking the gold mining giant to the now-deposed governor. The new interim governor has pledged to outlaw open-pit metals mining with cyanide and set a date for a public referendum on the issue. Barrick Gold announced the dismantling of their mining camp, and withdrawal from exploratory activities in the Famatina range.

As of this moment (March 21 2007), activists still positioned in Peñas Negras 5,400 feet up on Mt. Famatina, are entering the third week of a blockade of the road winding up Famatina to the Barrick Gold encampment. They are permitting Barrick employees and machinery to leave, but not to enter. And they vow to not abandon their vigil until Barrick Gold is gone for good, and a provincial law is in effect prohibiting open-pit mining on their beloved mountain.

What happened in La Rioja? This brief description of the events is based on observation, history and a very nice article published by the Argentine journal La Vaca (www.lavaca.org ). By analyzing what took place in La Rioja, we can perhaps hone our strategies in other locations where the metals mining giants may appear to have a firm foothold – but in the face of popular movements, perhaps their power isn't as strong as they would like us to believe.

Barrick Gold In San Juan and La Rioja, Argentina

Up to now, Barrick Gold, the world's largest gold mining firm, has been accustomed to operating with total impunity in Argentina. Barrick Gold has been a major player for years in the Andean province of San Juan where their Veladero project was approved and constructed without any form of public input, and is now in production. The huge Pascua Lama project was railroaded through environmental approval processes against a great deal of protest in both Chile and Argentina and construction is now eminent.

Barrick has carried out an intense campaign of social and economic insertion in the province of San Juan, hosted by provincial Governor José Luis Gioja. Gioja, a local strongman in this poor, beautiful and sparsely populated mountain and desert province, has built a political power structure entirely dedicated to the promotion of transnational mining. In San Juan, Gioja and Barrick have kept opposition at bay by manipulation of the media, strong-arm tactics, political manipulation and, more than anything, the use of poverty and hunger as a threat against those questioning big mining development.

It came as no surprise when, in early 2006, Barrick Gold announced a new gold mining project high on Mt. Famatina in the neighboring province of La Rioja. The governor of La Rioja, Ángel Maza, like Gioja, was a key ally to mining firms in the neoliberal "reforms" of the 1990's: He and other officials worked alongside former President Carlos Menem, mining companies and international finance organizations to privately rewrite the mining codes of the country, handing transnational mining companies breathtaking incentives, tax breaks and legal protection and environmental impunity for their extractive projects. Among the authors of these mining code reforms are the current governors of San Juan, Catamarca, La Rioja and Tucumán, as well as the current national Secretary of Mining Jorge Mayoral. It should be noted that the Kirchner government, down to Secretary of Environment Romina Picolotti, solidly advocates in favor of the process transnational mining insertion begun by Menem.

Gov. Maza had ruled La Rioja with an iron fist, and was looking forward to an unprecedented fourth term in office. During that time Barrick Gold was distinguishing itself throughout the world for a the destruction, contamination and death left in the wake of its mining projects in Rwanda, Tanzania, South Africa, Australia, Nevada and Peru. The links between Barrick Gold founder Peter Munk with Augustus Pinochet, Iran-Contra arms and drug trafficker Adnan Khashoggi, George Bush Sr., the Carlyle Group and even Bin Laden have been documented in depth. At the same time, In La Rioja, Gov. Maza "somehow" became co-owner of the YAMIRI (YACIMIENTOS MINEROS RIOJANOS S.A. - http://www.yamirigold.com) and the formerly state-owned mining concessions on Mt. Famatina, a property which he was to later pass on the Barrick Gold.

Barrick on Mt. Famatina

With their announcement of exploration activities on Mt. Famatina, Barrick entered into La Rioja in 2006. Barrick Gold sent in their "insertion teams" to conduct public relations activities in schools, universities, and media outlets. They presented a discourse of "responsible mining" and "sustainable development." These teams began to offer donations to medical clinics, schools, community and business groups. This insertion strategy to buy "social license" is the modus operandus of deep pocket mining firms who force huge long-term profits for a minimal investment.

Mt. Famatina is an impressive 19,000 foot snow-capped mountain which supplies water resources to an entire region dependent upon agriculture for its highly esteemed wine, olives, walnuts, fruit and vegetables, livestock and a small but growing tourism industry.

Famatina Cannot Be Touched!

When the first Barrick SUV's began to ply the dusty roads of La Rioja, community members grew nervous, and they got busy. A group of four women met in the town of Famatina in March of 2006 and formed the "Self-Organized (Autoconvocados) Neighbors of Famatina for Life." They opted for a "horizontal" grassroots form of organization, used effectively in many community struggles in Argentina, where decision-making process is shared among all. Soon a series of smaller, inclusive groups sprung forth in towns and villages around Mt. Famatina: Autoconvocados, neighborhood assemblies from Famatina, Chilecito, Pihuil, Chañarmuyo, Los Sauces and others, joined forces, putting politics aside and, concentrating on the important issues at hand: Learning about and spreading the word about open-pit mining, and the environmental, social, cultural and economic consequences of modern mining projects.

Groups of autoconvocados met with other community groups struggling against similar mining projects throughout Argentina, in Mendoza, Esquel, San Juan, Catamarca. Word was passed through community meetings, local newspapers, flyers, tabling and town hall meetings. Residents gathered with agricultural producers, tourism guides, teachers and local political officials to talk about mining threats to the delicate glacier systems. They looked at the avenues they had chosen towards the sustainable development of the region, all dependent upon the health of Famatina. These producers, teachers and workers in turn met with their organizations and took their message to the capital of La Rioja: "If the mines are built, we cannot produce, and what little we do produce will be contaminated and we will not be able to sell it."

Unlike San Juan, La Rioja has a history of mining: The mining ruins of La Mejicana on Mt. Famatina are an ugly testament to this history. Says autoconvocada Carina Díaz: "In the early 1900's they built the second largest cable mineral transporter in the world, the first National Bank in Chilecito, and a railway, all paid for by the State so the English could haul away the gold. They told us: Famatina will become rich. But no. We are more poor than before, and our river Amarillo is still contaminated with acid mine drainage."

Carina continues: "Now they come to tell us about 'sustainable and responsible mining' but we know it doesn't exist. Instead of tunnels, now they blow up entire mountains with dynamite, grind up the rocks, extract gold with cyanide and acids, using tremendous amounts of water. They take the gold and the rest is called "tailings." The tailings and overburden are the remains of our destroyed mountain, which will continue to drain acids and heavy metals for thousands of years and contaminate everything, after leaving us without any water. What is sustainable about this?"

As the journal "La Vaca" points out, "in Argentina, anything is possible:" The national government sent geologists to schools and institutions explaining that cyanide is "biodegradable," that acids and heavy metal contamination would be safely contained, forever, by thin plastic membranes under billions of tons of rock.

The autoconvocados continued their outreach strategies, and began to carry out pickets and road blockades of routes to call attention to their message. Anti mining activists toured Famatina and participated in spreading news and information. On a few occasions autoconvocados suffered attacks from police and anonymous thugs. Meanwhile independent press members investigated into the "carnal" relation that Gov. Maza had with Barrick Gold, and allegations began to surface.

Legislation to Ban Open-Pit Mining

These allegations of corruption came at a time of growing political divisions in the capital of La Rioja. Vice Governor Beder Herrera, perhaps because of a change of core beliefs, or perhaps of political opportunism (only time will tell) began to champion the demands of the autoconvocados, whom he had previously characterized as "piqueteros, subversives and bums." On March 8 2007, he introduced a bill in the Provincial Legislature to prohibit open-pit metals mining in the province. This bill, approved by the legislature, called for a binding public referendum on the question of open-pit mining on July 29, 2007. The autoconvocados, emboldened but mistrustful of the entire political process, decided to initiate a blockade of the mining camp at Peñas Negras.

The Fall of Governor Maza

Governor Maza said he would veto the bill (fellow governors in Mendoza and San Juan have done so to similar legislation). But he never got his chance: On the same weekend of March 11, the legislature passed a extraordinary measure to suspend Gov. Maza and bring him to trial for corruption. While mining industry spokespersons swiftly rose to decry the events and promised to fight any prohibition of their activities, Gov. Maza hunkered down in his office in the capitol building, refusing to leave. He and his party hired thugs, security guards and heavies to demonstrate, posing as Maza supporters. Some of these were personal heavies of Maza ally Governor Bussi (himself a torturer during the military dictatorship), sent in from the province of Tucumán. The hired rabble gathered outside the capitol building, preventing the lawful removal of the now ex-governor. They burned tires and a car outside Maza´s office. Gov. Maza had hired these heavies both to make it appear he had public support and to provoke a confrontation, with which he used to call upon the Executive government of Argentina to intervene to "maintain order."

The national government, however, didn't bite, effectively abandoning their former ally Maza. The next day, provincial police dispersed the "supporters" with tear gas and escorted the ex-governor out. When others entered, it was clear what had happened during the night: The Maza administration had carried out a systematic destruction of all the paperwork, burning of computers and files, of the Maza machine, along with all documents linking him to any improprieties. Also burned was paperwork for many public employees, causing a deliberate and malicious bureaucratic mayhem.

While all eyes were upon the incidents in the capitol, the autoconvocados were gathered in a quiet and orderly manner at the foot of Mt. Famatina and carrying out blockade of Barrick Gold's installations. Gabriela Romana of Chilecito said: "Here nobody wants disorder, because we are in the right. We don't want to give the federal government any excuse to intervene. Whoever intervenes the provience would veto the law prohibiting open-pit mining. Now we still have the chance that Beder will carry out what he himself voted for last Saturday."

Upon taking power, on March 11, the new Governor Beder Herrera pledged his allegiance to President Kirchner, and declared that a new elections would take place in the coming July. The law prohibiting open-pit metals mining with cyanide or other toxic substances now awaits now-Governor Beder's signature, and ratification by public vote on July 29th.

The Blockade Continues

The autoconvocados are watching the politicians with a suspicious eye. Beder appears to support the autoconvocados, but this is not a reciprocal relationship. "We are not with any politicians nor are we going to play a role in the upcoming elections," says Gabriela, and every asambleista who is asked. They all hope that Beder will keep his promise, but "they are all politicians," warns Carina, "and we are learning to not trust all of them. This is why in our assembly we decided to maintain the blockade for an indefinite time in Peñas Negras until Barrick Gold is gone for good, and until the government puts into effect the law which the Legislature has approved."

The journal "La Vaca" asks a good question: If politics is to be understood as the intervention in the public search for public good, and the debate and solution of truly important problems, it is interesting to ask if in this week, where were real politics taking place: In the provincial capital or in the assemblies at the foot of Mt. Famatina?

As of this day, Barrick Gold's work delegation has been reduced to two persons, security guards posted at company offices. Over thirty employees have descended and 8 or nine SUVS and trucks have left. Barrick Gold has released a statement saying that the Famatina project is no longer a priority, as they are concentrating on their other projects in San Juan and now Mendoza. They have pledged to remove the heavy machinery still at the camp within a week. Nobody believes them. "They always say these things, pretend to leave and then stay." Word has it that Barrick plans to open a new road from the town of Chilecito to the mountain "If that is the case, then we will block that road too. No problem." says Carina. And this week Barrick has said on the radio that it intends to go ahead with plans on Famatina. On the exact day of the good news from La Rioja, in San Juan, Gov. José Luis Gioja denounced the prohibition against open-pit mining, along with Kirchner's Secretary of Environment Romina Picolotti, as "irrational." Gioja then proudly announced that San Juan would be the site an entirely new source of environmental contamination, the likes of which Argentina still hasn't seen: Barrick Gold is to build a massive gold, silver and copper smelting factory, in 2009 in San Juan. Perhaps now the Autoconvocados of San Juan will need to communicate with their brothers and sisters in La Oroya, Perú, site of the Doe Run smelting plant, one of the ten most polluted places on Earth.
 
Jmushi1,
Lakini hii ilikuwa longtime mkuu kama sikosei tuliwahi kuizungumzia Bcstimes. com.
Ama unataka kusema imeibuka tena!
 
Mkandara said:
Jmushi1,
Lakini hii ilikuwa longtime mkuu kama sikosei tuliwahi kuizungumzia Bcstimes. com.
Ama unataka kusema imeibuka tena!
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Ukiangalia huo mfano wa Agentina utajuwa kuwa na sisi tusipangalia tutajitumbukiza kwenye machafuko.
Hapa najaribu kuwasomesha wabunge badala ya kuwapigia simu mmoja mmoja.
Kama wana macho na uelewa basi wanajuwa cha kufanya.
Na pia ni muhimu kuigusia hii kwani JK na yeye ana trip ya hapa washington.
Cha muhimu ni tusimwage damu.
 
Tatizo mikataba yote hiyo kuanzia energy mpaka madini imesha kuwa signed,sasa kuibadilisha lazima pande zote zikubaliane na kama tukiamua kutumia utemi kwa sababu ni madini yetu kumbukeni kuna consequence ambazo zinaweza kuwa mbaya kuliko,hapa tuna deal na mafia capitalist ambao its all about money...kwa ambao wame deal na wazungu wanaelewa nini maana ya mkataba kwao,huwezi leo uka sign hivi na kesho ukaja kulia bad deal,tumeumizwa sana nchi hii na wazungu kwa ajiri ya umbumbu wa kuingia mikataba tusioijua,kwa hiyo nikiona kinachoendelea TZ nacheka tuu maana najua tutapiga kelele tuu lakini mbavu wameshatubana na pa kutokea hakuna...dawa ni kutoingia hiyo mikataba tuu mpaka tubadilishe policy zetu,lakini tuliyoingia tunapoteza muda tuu labda tuombe negotiation nao ambacho hawa jamaa nawajua sio wabaya sana kwenye hilo na wanaweza kukubali ila kuwalazimisha hakuna kitu kama hicho...angalia IPTL ni 20 yrs na mpaka iishe na hakuna ujanja na juzi nasikia wametushtaki na serikali kuishia kuwalipa zaidi.
 

Huo mkorogo hapo juu ni too much!
Hivi hao Barrick watajibu nini kuhusishwa na majina mabaya mabaya kama Bin Laden?
 

Wanajuwa wanaweza kutuongezea manufaa ya madini yetu!

Tena hawatafirisika wala nini!

Ni tamaa za kupita kiasi!

Tone tu la utajiri wao linaweza kumkomboa mwanadamu wa Tanzania na bila hata ya mikwaruzo.

They know Africans don't need much...The just need a little bit more...So that our kids can go to school..no hunger or starvation,No preventable diseases,we want roads,jobs, We want better life for us,our kids and the next generation,we want clean water...WE WANT FAIR DEAL!
 

Sounds like they have sent you to lobby in JF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
macho_mdiliko said:
Sounds like they have sent you to lobby in JF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ukimpa hicho cheo cha ku loby jf unampa chati ya bure!

Kitendo cha kusema tuka loby nchi za nje ni UPUUZI!

Kwani kiguu na njia cha JK ilikuwa nini zaidi ya haya tunayo yaona ya Barrick?

Ama huyo zermacopollo ndio kampa ushauri huo JK wa kuloby na kuuza nchi?

Ama ndo ku loby kwenyewe huko kwa ari mpya kasi mpya na Nguvu mpya?

WABUNGE KUWENI MAKINI!
 

Kauli hizo hapo juu za balozi huyo...Wabunge mwambieni ajibu kuhusu hili hapo chini na mpime maelezo yake...Je habari hiyo ya huko Argentina ina uhusiano wowote na hapo Tanzania pale inapokuja kwenye thamani ya kile wanachokichukuwa dhidi ya kile tunachokipata?
Tkipima kuhusu shule ni vipi?

Barrick on Mt. Famatina
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Kwenye nyekundu ndiko msisitizo wa hoja ya mahusiano ya policies za hao Barrick kwani hata uko Bongo huyo Balozi anazungumzia kuhusu mradi huo kukinufaisha kijiji cha huko Mara!
No wonder hoja ni UKABILA ili tujitenge!
Nadhani picha inajiweka wazi kuwa mafisadi wako radhi kuwapigania mabwana zao hata kama ikibidi kumwaga damu!
 
Licha ya madai ya wa Canada hao kama hayo ya balozi wao nchi kwetu kuwa migodi yao ni ya mfano wa kuigwa...Bado tu kulikuwa na malalamiko kama haya huko MT Famatina Argentina dhidi ya Wa Canada hao na BARRICK YAO...

They told us: Famatina will become rich. But no. We are more poor than before, and our river Amarillo is still contaminated with acid mine drainage."
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Walidai wananchi hao kwa maelezo hayo yenye kutia HURUMA Pale walipoulizwa kuwa ni kwa namna gani Barrick imewaletea maendeleo.
 
Ujumbe wa Canada unaongozwa na wafuatao;
1.Janet Siddall-Balozi wa Canada nchini.
2.Ines Le Minter-Counsellor.
3.Gaspar Tarimo-Kamishina wa Biashara Ubalozi waCanada.

Hii ni timu A, na kuna timu B ambayo bado nafuatilia iko na wakina nani kwani hao ni watu wa Barrick wenyewe ndio wapo na kikosi hicho.
 
Vikao na wabunge mmoja mmoja bado vinaendelea ,na hata asubuhi hii Balozi anaendelea na kukutana na wabunge vikundi vikundi.

Pili jana usiku Balozi na Timu yake walikuwa wanakutana na wabunge Dodoma Hotel sitawataja majina kwa sasa ila alikuwa nao hadi majira ya saa tano na nusu usiku.

Tunatakiwa kuchukua hatua kwani inawezekana kabisa kuwa wameamua kufanya hivyo ili waendelee kunufaika na madini yetu ,mambo makubwa yaliyopo kwenye ripoti ya Bomani ni pamoja na ;
1.Makampuni kutakiwa kulipa Coorporate tax.
2.Makampuni kutakiwa kulipia kodi ya mafuta
3.Wananchi ambao wapo maeneo ya migodi kunufaika moja kwa moja.
4.Mikataba ibadilishwe na kuufanya mrahaba kuwa 5 % badala ya sasa ambao tunapata 3% tuu.

5.Makampuni kutakiwa kuwa na share holders ambao ni wazawa tofauti na sasa ambapo wako peke yao .
6.Madini yote ya vito kuchimbwa na watanzania wenyewe ama kwa ubia wa 50% each.

Mengine ntawaletea baadae.

Jana waliweza kukutana na wabunge wengi sana .
 
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