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1. Urgent Action: Immediately release Guapinol defenders in high risk: (Mining and Human Rights); ... is COVID positive. In addition, there are at least 15 more positive cases in the Olanchito detention center but the number may be much higher given the overcrowded conditions and lack of prevention measures. ...; Created on 14 March 2021
2. El Salvador: Pacific Rim Mining Co. Shares Up, Tensions Remain High in Cabañas: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); El Salvador: Pacific Rim Mining Co. Shares Up, Tensions Remain High in Cabañas Written by Jason Wallach Friday, 18 September 2009 07:57 At the recent Pacific Rim Mining ...; Created on 05 March 2012
3. Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... In a statement, the Washington-based Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) said the government’s decision to arrest the five men while blocking justice in high-profile cases like the El Mozote massacre ...; Created on 04 April 2023
4. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... could threaten mangrove ecosystems. A number of highway projects are also raising concerns about deforestation. A more unorthodox bet on economic growth was making bitcoin a legal tender alongside the ...; Created on 03 April 2023
5. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... joint statement highlights that "thanks in part to its ill-advised embrace of Bitcoin, the Salvadoran government is under enormous pressure to find new revenues" and is reportedly considering reversing ...; Created on 20 January 2023
6. PRESS RELEASE: The municipal consultation on Cerro Blanco mine is valid and legitimate: (Cerro Blanco); ... highlighted by the Cerro Blanco porject, and urge it to activate a bi-national dialogue comission as soon as possible, along with its Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources ...; Created on 21 September 2022
7. Public statement of the Local Governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, regarding the “Cerro Blanco” mining project, developed by the ...: (Cerro Blanco); ... to a healthy environment and to the health of populations and the ecosystems, among others. 11. That open pit mining uses large amounts of cyanide, a highly toxic substance that allows gold to be recovered ...; Created on 12 June 2022
8. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... Miriam Miranda highlights that the award to OFRANEH comes at a time when pressure from the Honduran government is increasing to deprive indigenous and black peoples of their territories; a moment in which ...; Created on 25 December 2021
9. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... to responsibly analyze the high costs of metallic mining and exercise its right to say “No". Nevertheless, despite El Salvador's environmental vulnerability, the clear threat posed by metal mining and the ...; Created on 14 December 2021
10. The law on the right to water reaches Parliament, "people's lives are at stake" warns Cardinal Rosa Chav: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... the proposal supported and elaborated by the Catholic Church and environmental organizations. "We hope that it will not remain in the garbage, because it is something highly developed, so that people ...; Created on 15 June 2021
11. Peru miners fall amid uncertainty over tight presidential election: (Mining and Human Rights); ... a Castillo government that would seek higher taxes on mining is "becoming more of a reality," Rohan Reddy, Global X vice president, and research analyst, said by phone. Higher taxes would raise costs ...; Created on 08 June 2021
12. Community and environmental concerns not “pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s business: (Mining and Human Rights); ... walked away too and it has since been labeled a “time bomb”. There have been five emergency declarations due to the high levels of heavy metal contamination in the Moche river from acid mine drainage, ...; Created on 17 May 2021
13. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Philippines. The Philippines is also dangerous for journalists, trade unionists, peasants and environmentalists. According to a report released by Global Witness, the Philippines had the highest number ...; Created on 12 May 2021
14. Honduras: Supreme Court must correct distorted ruling & free arbitrarily detained Guapinol defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... that the detention was not analyzed individually, and that the defenders were detained for no reason in a high security prison, among other reasons. 2. Second, the Working Group found that the detention ...; Created on 11 May 2021
15. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... forward with a highly contentious gold mine in one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth. According to Rosana Miranda of the São Paulo–based Amazon Watch, the company’s use of heavy metals and cyanide ...; Created on 07 May 2021
16. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... from the Canadian government. A call for justice The conflict in Tocoa has increasingly gained the attention and support of the United Nations, particularly the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner ...; Created on 06 May 2021
17. Gov’t finalizing terms for OceanaGold’s FTAA renewal: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... to the highest social and environmental international standards and considers Didipio the template for responsible mining globally,” he added. In October last year, as many as 496 employees at the Didipio ...; Created on 05 May 2021
18. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... interests in South America include the mining of coal in Colombia and new international actions about this; high levels of conflict at Glencore operations; repression, human rights violations and children ...; Created on 22 April 2021
19. Australian-Canadian mining company OceanaGold misleads public on Filipino mine: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... mine include the violent dispersal of protesters in 2009 and 2020. The UN High Commission for Human Rights is concerned. It said that last year around 100 police forcibly dispersed some 30 indigenous and ...; Created on 22 April 2021
20. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... groups say. Signed April 14 and made public April 15, Executive Order 130 highlights the contribution of the extractives sector in reviving the country’s economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The sector ...; Created on 15 April 2021

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