Communique: Community organizations fear the return of metal mining El Salvador
San Salvador December 16, 2021 - Only four years have passed since El Salvador banned metal mining in all its forms. ...
... were Indigenous peoples. We get an update from Honduras, where the Afro-Indigenous Garífuna community continues to demand the safe return of five Garífuna land defenders who were kidnapped by heavily armed ...
... Mining, La Mesa).
Members of the National Roundtable Against Mining met with the Legislative Assembly to present a letter demanding the return to the study and adoption of the bill that bans metal mining ...
... US assistance. The return of mining will only continue to exacerbate these injustices. At the same time, the Bukele administration apparently views mining as a way to bolster the country’s sagging revenues, ...
... a return to mining. His government has established a new agency to oversee extractive industries and started looking into international agreements that would facilitate investment in precious metals.
It ...
... be returned to the Office of the President for review and approval in the near-term… We look forward to working with stakeholders and Government officials to safely restart operations and continue the ...
... titles across two mines in Cesar, La Jagua and Calenturitas. In February, Prodeco announced they were returning their mining contracts to the Colombian government and halting operations in the country, ...
... skin diseases, and displaced communities caused by cyanide heap-leach mining firsthand. They returned more committed than ever to defend their forests, rivers, and communities.
Pac Rim was also quite ...
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Hamish Maclean
OceanaGold has welcomed investigations under way to rule out all possible sources of lead in an Otago community’s water supply even after the mining company resurfaced on ...
... having an impact on its cash flow. The third-party funder funds the investor's legal fees and costs associated with the arbitration in return for a portion of the proceeds of any award in the investor' ...
... no news of their whereabouts, and a tense atmosphere has taken over Triunfo de la Cruz. Several Garífuna communities across Honduras have protested, demanding the return of the same safe and sound under ...
... organization of these Shuar communities, has roundly rejected any mining in their territory and publicly denounced the delegation’s visit to Toronto.
Even worse, upon return, two close relatives of the ...
... to manipulate or repeal the Law on Prohibition of Metal Mining for economic returns, which eventually will only fill the pocket of investors while affecting the majorities in the communities.
“As long ...
... to return and keep asking for help. Maybe that’s why,” said Simongo.
The Canadian embassy in Manila did not respond directly to the allegations but spokesperson Michel Cimpaye said, “Promoting respect ...
... needs of the people and the limits of nature. Climate Change is devastating the lives of millions of people around the world. Science warns that we will soon reach the point of no return that will put ...
... considered underwater cultural heritage of a Spanish ship sunk in the Atlantic in 1804 (the find originated a 5-year litigation with the Spanish government that ended forcing the company to return the ...
... to stop the industry.
But, as environmental defender Vidalina Morales mentions, there is a latent danger in companies continue who want to return, with the invitation of a president (Nayib Bukele) who ...
... will outsource the legal costs of their ISDS claim to a financial firm, who in return receives a portion of the compensation if the investor’s claim is successful. In other words, third-party funding has ...
... originate in their struggle to repopulate the town of Santa Marta, Cabañas, at the height of the bloody civil war. Founded by community members on their return from Honduran refugee camps, ADES and Radio ...
... miners as the repeal of the mining prohibition will not only mean the return of a mining corporation that abandoned the community 11 years ago, but still holds title to the land, it will also mean the ...