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1. Central Americans Demand to be Consulted About Mining Projects: (Regional News); ... told IPS while moving about in the kitchen set up in an improvised camp, which IPS visited on Apr. 29. The lack of prior consultations with the communities where such projects are installed is a recurrent ...; Created on 09 May 2018
2. How communities in El Salvador are organizing to block mining projects: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Sandra Cuffe : Waging NonViolence Communities and organizations in northern El Salvador continue to organize referendums in an effort to keep their territories free of mining. Established by the country’s ...; Created on 05 March 2017
3. Mega projects unite social movements from Honduras and El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... peasant and indigenous movements from Honduras and El Salvador was to assess the reality and experiences that both nations face in relation to "megaprojects" that generate forced migration of populations, ...; Created on 17 September 2016
4. Communities in rural El Salvador request a referendum to keep mining projects out of their territories.: (Territories Free of Mining); ... led by members organizations of the National Roundtable Against Mining, La Mesa, in the region of Chalatenango and it is intended to inspire other communities threatened by metallic mining projects in ...; Created on 08 September 2014
5. La Mesa: Our life will be at risk if metal mining projects are allowed: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... to finally stop mining projects in El Salvador ," said Vidalina Morales, a representative of coalition opposing mining. Morales explained that the organizations fighting metal mining are convinced that ...; Created on 22 April 2014
6. La Mesa releases a memoir of their collective struggle to ban mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... starts with a historical background of mining companies in El Salvador, the resistance against a series of mining projects that began operating unannounced in communities in the early 2000s, the resistance ...; Created on 29 June 2021
7. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... such as the Central America–Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), which have been imposed on Guatemalans. This framework favors the development of large-scale mining and energy projects that ...; Created on 07 June 2021
8. Mining is not ‘recovery’: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... to come. What nature worked on and harnessed to develop in millennia will be gone in 25 years (the lifetime of a “Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement” for mining projects in the Philippines). ...; Created on 02 June 2021
9. Green group supports ban on open-pit mining, protection of 'no mining zones: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... biggest blows to efforts to preserve natural resources in the country. It was also seen to escalate threats against communities opposing mining projects. In 2019, the Philippines topped the list of nations ...; Created on 27 May 2021
10. Scientists, fishers say new mining deals to cause more damage than good: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... the president said in the executive order. According to the DENR, over a hundred mining projects in the pipeline could potentially generate P21 billion or around $438 million in revenues, which would ...; Created on 24 May 2021
11. Community and environmental concerns not “pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s business: (Mining and Human Rights); ... regarding the wellbeing of communities living near the Quiruvilca, La Colorada, Escobal and La Navidad projects. For Pan American Silver, community concerns are not “pertinent”. Ironically, the bulk ...; Created on 17 May 2021
12. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... human rights abuses. Indigenous resistance to mining An Igorot native and former surgeon, Claver organized against harmful mining projects in the mountainous Cordillera region in the northern Philippines. ...; Created on 12 May 2021
13. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... has reneged on pledges to regulate them and end the abuses Canada is home to 75 percent of the world’s mining companies. Firms based or listed in Canada operate approximately four thousand mineral projects ...; Created on 07 May 2021
14. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... industries and causing conflicts with communities. The corporate-friendly General Mining Law lifted a seven-year moratorium on new mining projects — it was developed with technical assistance and funding ...; Created on 06 May 2021
15. Philippines' Duterte lifts ban on new mining deals: (OceanaGold Philippines); Yahoo Finance Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte officially lifted a nine-year ban on new mining projects Thursday, in a controversial move aimed at boosting state revenue and spurring investment in ...; Created on 05 May 2021
16. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the collapse of the rule of law. In the remote regions where many environmental resources are found, development projects are often backed by a toxic mix of political corruption, organized crime, and unchecked ...; Created on 23 April 2021
17. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... several interests. One of its most important projects – because of its size and the conflict it has generated – is undoubtedly the Antapaccay mining operation located in the province of Espinar, in Cusco. ...; Created on 22 April 2021
18. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... is expected to support important projects like Duterte’s flagship “Build, Build, Build” infrastructure program, which the government says is pivotal to economic recovery. More mining would also create ...; Created on 15 April 2021
19. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... in the region, and thus no opposition to mining. A local mayor from the right-wing ARENA party promoted landfills and industrial hog farms as “development” projects. Local opposition organized against ...; Created on 11 April 2021
20. What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... their counterparts in Guatemala, Peru, and the Philippines, where mining projects created webs of local corporate leaders who were intertwined with and enriched by the extractive industry. But after the ...; Created on 05 April 2021

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