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1. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); CISPES On September 24, the government of Nayib Bukele named a new official to head the National Aqueduct and Sewer Administration (ANDA), the autonomous institution charged with the management, treatment, ...; Created on 01 December 2020
2. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... purposes. The genesis of the war-crimes team itself points to a deeper injustice in Salvadoran society. Although the UN attributes 85 percent of the crimes committed during the civil war to the US-backed ...; Created on 06 April 2023
3. Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of whom were civilians killed by the US-backed dictatorship and rightwing death squads. The military is accused of dozens of human rights violations and crimes against humanity in Santa Marta, the community ...; Created on 04 April 2023
4. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... in El Salvador that claimed the lives of 75,000," explained the organizations. "The victims of crimes from that war, which saw a U.S.-backed dictatorship and right-wing death squads kill tens of thousands, ...; Created on 20 January 2023
5. US Senators introduce bill to tackle corruption & rights violations in Honduras - cite Guapinol case: (Mining and Human Rights); ... has taken significant steps in recent months to shield senior officials from accountability, including shutting down the Organization of American States-backed Mission of Support against Corruption and ...; Created on 23 February 2021
6. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... fueled by foreign investors and the government. Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries in the world for Black and Indigenous land and water defenders after the 2009 U.S.-backed coup there. ...; Created on 17 August 2020
7. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... groups later claimed that the killings were perpetrated by a government-backed paramilitary group. The Philippine Army has denied any links to the group. “We are basically living with half of our body ...; Created on 04 October 2019
8. Letter of support for defenders of "La Puya" ...: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... pressure as a result of President Morales’ decision to defy the Court’s ruling and expel the UN-backed anti-corruption and anti-impunity body, the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala ...; Created on 26 February 2019
9. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and scientifically-backed stories and voices. They built their fight as frontline human rights defenders, who were valuing water over gold. They placed the long-term environmental health and survival of ...; Created on 26 June 2017
10. Nueva Trinidad: 3rd Municipality in El Salvador to Declare Itself a “Mining Free Territory”: (Territories Free of Mining); ... township of Nueva Trinidad and its surrounding neighboring municipalities were abandoned by its residents in 1980s when the U.S.-backed Salvadoran military began bombing campaigns that sought to crush ...; Created on 18 April 2015
11. El Salvador, violence and impunity: (Mining and Human Rights); ... will pressure Guatemala and Honduras to forbid mining within the Trifinio Fraternidad Biosphere, a Unesco-backed environmental reserve shared by the three states that contains the watershed of the Lempa ...; Created on 13 February 2014
12. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... fueled by foreign investors and the government. Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries in the world for Black and Indigenous land and water defenders after the 2009 U.S.-backed coup there. ...; Created on 17 August 2020

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