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1. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... the Philippine government for protesting them. A VICE World News investigation. It was 6:45 a.m. on a Monday in July 2006: Chandu Claver, his wife, and 10-year-old daughter were in their car at a busy ...; Created on 04 October 2019
2. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... were killed protesting the Pacific Rim project — including Dora Alicia Recinos Sorto, who was eight months pregnant. Ultimately, the company was denied the license on the grounds that it had failed to ...; Created on 06 April 2023
3. First Pre-Consultation Meeting with the Xinka People on the Escobal Mine: (Mining and Human Rights); ... our history… Reaching this moment was a very difficult task… [spanning] four government administrations. Since 2009, we have been protesting and demanding the right to consultation, but unfortunately previous ...; Created on 26 May 2021
4. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of killings of land and environmental defenders in the world in 2018. The same report found mining to be the deadliest sector globally for protesting land defenders. And Canadian mining companies are ...; Created on 12 May 2021
5. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... and criminalization of environmental defenders. At the same time, state authorities have failed to meet human rights obligations. “We feel vulnerable. While we were always protesting pacifically, here ...; Created on 06 May 2021
6. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... as just protesters. The water defenders of El Salvador, were not simply protesting, they were doing it based on the science. And they weren't simply against mining. In fact, they get angry when you call ...; Created on 22 March 2021
7. The hidden connection between a US steel company and the controversial Los Pinares mine in Honduras: (Regional News); ... of social leaders who are protesting the ecological damage the mine may cause in protected land, according to documents obtained through a cross-border journalism collaboration between Contracorriente, ...; Created on 28 November 2020
8. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); Trocaire The ‘Guapinol 8’ were detained on 1st September last year for peacefully protesting against the exploitation of their community’s natural resources by private business interests. Two daughters ...; Created on 01 September 2020
9. The international dimensions of the fight for water in El Salvador: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... were arrested and accused of terrorism for protesting against a national policy for the decentralization of water the services. This policy represented an escalation of an aggressive neoliberal economic ...; Created on 02 July 2018
10. Water 2.0 - Salvadoreans take to the streets to battle renewed attempts to privatize water resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... protesting the potential privatization of water already paint a grim picture of things to come for social movements in El Salvador. During the month of May, parliamentarians moved to ratify the mining ...; Created on 24 June 2018
11. In the Keystone Suit, It’s Big Oil vs. Democracy: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... one of the hundreds of climate activists arrested while protesting the Keystone XL pipeline outside the White House. So when the president finally pulled the plug on the project last November, it felt ...; Created on 02 February 2016
12. Groups demand that Canadian mining company drop suit against El Salvador to start on its independence day: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); For immediate release Toronto – Today, dozens of organizations from Canada, El Salvador and around the world will confront Canadian-Australian mining company Oceana Gold, whose subsidiary is suing El ...; Created on 10 September 2014
13. Protest: World Bank’s ICSID Hearing Lawsuit Against El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Join Institute for Policy Studies’ Global Economy Project and other allies on El Salvador's Independence Day for a demonstration to "yes" to life, "no" to mining by protesting the free trade agreements like ...; Created on 04 September 2014
14. Central American anti-mining activists form coalition in Nicaragua: (2013 North America Tour); ... 40 detained for protesting," said to Acan-Efe the deputy director of the Humboldt Center, Victor Campos. Organizations meeting in Managua came from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua with ...; Created on 08 December 2013

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