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1. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of directors of the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM), were recently in the country to “promote debate on mining for sustainable development”, revealing a clear intention that threatens the interests ...; Created on 14 December 2021
2. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); CISPES On September 24, the government of Nayib Bukele named a new official to head the National Aqueduct and Sewer Administration (ANDA), the autonomous institution charged with the management, treatment, ...; Created on 01 December 2020
3. NEWS RELEASE: Canadian mining company threatens El Salvador’s water: (Media Releases); Ottawa – Canadian investments are coming between citizens of El Salvador and their water, says a new report. Authored by Meera Karunananthan of the Blue Planet Project and Susan Spronk of the University ...; Created on 17 April 2015
4. Guatemalan Mine Threatens the Lempa River: (Cerro Blanco); Guatemalan Mine Threatens the Lempa River The Lempa River is the main source of surface water in El Salvador and provides drinking water for over 60% of the entire population, including the city of San ...; Created on 11 September 2012
5. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... protesters held in pre-trial detention since 2019 for alleged crimes linked to their opposition to an iron oxide mine which threatens to contaminate their water supply. Five more water defenders from Guapinol, ...; Created on 07 October 2020
6. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... according to the alert, “together with the state, through military and judicial harassment, they are forging ahead at all costs with the iron ore project that threatens the water sources for tens of thousands ...; Created on 25 September 2020
7. The Duterte era: A state of nature under attack: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... which legal luminaries have described as ‘worse than martial law’, threatens to further inflame an already atrocious human rights situation faced by Filipino environmental defenders. Likewise, they have ...; Created on 25 July 2020
8. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... against a gold mining project that threatens to pollute or dry up already scarce water supplies in an area just north of Guatemala City. Day after day, since March 2012, community members have rotated ...; Created on 03 May 2020
9. German parlamentarians demand justice for Honduran environmental activists: (Regional News); * Deutsche Welle COVID-19 threatens the entire population globally, but puts the most vulnerable at greater risk, including prisoners in prisons, who, many times, cannot keep their distance due to the ...; Created on 20 April 2020
10. THE STRUGGLE FOR GOOD WATER GOVERNANCE CONTINUES IN EL SALVADOR: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... of greater San Salvador. However, the transnational corporation, Constancia/ SabMiller, a subsidiary of Coca Cola, threatens the aquifer with over-exploitation for the production of beer and more than ...; Created on 27 August 2018
11. Rural Communities’ Struggle Against US-Owned Mine Continues in Guatemalan Supreme Court: (Regional News); ... their right to their investments through accusing them of illegal mining. This case in Guatemala threatens to mirror a similar case in neighboring El Salvador. Canadian mining firm Pacific Rim began ...; Created on 27 August 2018
12. Looming threats to the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... be overshadowed by a current electoral campaign that threatens to reverse the legislative balance of power in favor of the prohibition in the short term, and the executive government´s in the mid-term. ...; Created on 08 February 2018
13. Latin American Women Weaving Territories: (Media Releases); ... was opposing an economic model that threatens the sovereignty of the people is only a high profile of a common occurrence. To date this and other cases continue in impunity, no holding into account intellectual ...; Created on 01 February 2018
14. Cross border mining will be the next phase of the anti-mining struggle in El Salvador: (Cerro Blanco); ... when there is no certainty that an activity will not be harmful, the best thing is to avoid it, and we know mining threatens our water sources. The work of international organizations on the human right ...; Created on 14 November 2017
15. New Laws Seek to Limit Mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of the rivers. For that reason we think that mining threatens everyone. This type of action is important because we are in an area rich in natural resources, and mining companies want to exploit them. ...; Created on 02 January 2016
16. Xenia Marroquìn: “Water is not a merchandise, it is a human right”: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... level. As such, it threatens powerful economic groups. But to us, it is vital to make such changes to improve the life quality of the majority, who at this time are deeply affected. It is a regression, ...; Created on 30 September 2015
17. Amid TPP Fight, El Salvador Mining Case Shows Danger of Corporate Tribunals: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... a law that threatens its bottom line. The ICSID is poised to issue its ruling sometime in 2015. According to activists, the case shows how corporate-rights provisions in so-called "free trade" agreements—such ...; Created on 18 May 2015
18. Salvadorans Warn Canadians About World Bank's Kangaroo Cour: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... arbitration process threatens democratic decision making, public health and the environment here and beyond. “As United Nations expert Alfred de Zayas recently expressed, the impact that investor-state ...; Created on 18 May 2015
19. Stop the Suits Tour: (Stop the Suits: 2015 Canada Tour); ... to discuss how investor-state arbitration threatens democratic decision-making, public health and the environment here and beyond our borders. OceanaGold is suing El Salvador for an amount equivalent ...; Created on 07 May 2015
20. Nueva Trinidad: 3rd Municipality in El Salvador to Declare Itself a “Mining Free Territory”: (Territories Free of Mining); ... This is a concern for local residents and civil society as it threatens the water quality of the Lempa River and Sumpul River, both which provide access to clean water for the Salvadoran population. The ...; Created on 18 April 2015

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