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... The government has been working on renewing the financial and technical assistance agreement or FTAA with Oceanagold which expired in 2019.
“This mining plunder drive will only result in more human rights ...
... from Guapinol, Honduras, he has been held without bail in pre-trial detention for more than a year. The incarcerated men were part of a local campaign to protect water sources in their community.
“He’s ...
... lawsuits brought before international arbitration tribunals by private companies, claiming more than US$3 billion in compensation.
Citing force majeure because of the COVID-19 health crisis , Bolivia ...
... project has in mind the use of “surplus water from the Tambo basin in rainy weather.” The company argues that these waters have no agricultural or domestic use and that each year more than 500 million ...
Groups call for the annulment of sentence against Aymara spokesperson in the Peruvian Supreme Court
Puno, Cochabamba, Washington, Ottawa, September 13th, 2018
PRESS RELEASE
More than one hundred ...
... are increasingly casting their gaze, as a clear declaration by mining-affected communities that water is more precious than gold.
It was in the northern department of Cabañas, where safe water supplies ...
... affection. He was the centerpiece of the most amazing and magical week I can remember in 12 long years of arduous struggle. It was a brief moment in time, more precious than gold.
[Andrés McKinley is ...
... the country. The last-minute deal rescues a sinking Pacific Rim Mining, while promising to cost Salvadorans millions more in an unjust arbitration process and raising fears of political interference. ...
... and Social Development Association (ADES), who was a key leader in the fight against mining for more than 12 years and had recently been sounding the alarm over Bukele’s attempts to re-open the door to ...
... motives behind the arrests. Furthermore, the five organizers are being prosecuted by a specialized war-crimes team set up by Bukele, raising worries that the ruling may be dictated from above for political ...
... more than 33 years ago during the brutal civil war that claimed 75,000 lives.
Prisoners sat on the cement floor of a courtyard at a prison. Their upper bodies are bare, their heads shaved, and they ...
... Specifically, the water defenders were concerned about mining around the Lempa River Basin, which is one of the principal water sources in the country. It would take more than a decade and several lawsuits ...
... on environmentally destructive metal mining. More than 250 organizations from 29 countries came together Friday to pressure the Salvadoran government to drop the charges against and release five water ...
... authorities in the licensing process. Moreover, the consultation is binding for the municipality according to the municipal autonomy principle established in the political constitution of the republic. ...
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The company has publicly stated that there is local support for the project and that any opposition comes from external sources.” But last May, local organizations collected more than 4,000 signatures ...
... it had requested the Guatemalan authorities to “modify” the environmental permit and that it awaits “receiving approval.”
For the mayors, open-pit mining "is more destructive" and the damage to the environment, ...
... it had requested the Guatemalan authorities to “modify” the environmental permit and that it awaits “receiving approval.”
For the mayors, open-pit mining "is more destructive" and the damage to the environment, ...
... which intends to continue with the "Cerro Blanco" project by changing the methodology of underground tunnel mining for open pit mining which is a method much more destructive and causes permanent and irreversible ...
... people.
In the last five years alone, more than 50 Garífuna men and women have been killed; 30 have been jailed and 32 have a court order, prosecuted for the alleged usurpation of their own ancestral ...