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1. The law on the right to water reaches Parliament, "people's lives are at stake" warns Cardinal Rosa Chav: (Water Crisis El Salvador); FIDES Salvadoran Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez, in his usual Sunday press conference, said he hopes that the initiative of the water law that the government will present contains the progress made in ...; Created on 15 June 2021
2. Bishops of El Salvador warn against privatizing water: (Water Crisis El Salvador); Catholic News Service SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR — El Salvador's bishops urged lawmakers to discard any plans for privatizing water in the Central American country, saying the poor could not afford to ...; Created on 24 June 2018
3. Duterte's new warning to mining companie: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... in 2019 On April 9, President Duterte issued a warning to mining companies in a speech in Davao City: "I do not want to see bald mountains in the areas you have mined. I want to see trees as tall as me ...; Created on 08 May 2018
4. Salvadorans Warn Canadians About World Bank's Kangaroo Cour: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... arbitrations have already had and will have on human rights is very worrisome,” warned Yanira Cortez, Deputy Attorney for the Environment for El Salvador’s Human Rights Prosecutor’s Office, at an event ...; Created on 18 May 2015
5. A corporate warning to El Salvador: Give up your gold or pay $315 million: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); As Salvadorans debate a mining ban due to pollution concerns, a large mining company has filed suit against the government. by Jamie Stark* First published in: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/rights/el-salvador-gold-mining-lawsuit ...; Created on 06 August 2014
6. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... mining industry puts even more pressure on the country’s water supplies. In 2013, Oxfam warned that the “development of large-scale metallic mining [in El Salvador] would further contribute to the deficiency ...; Created on 06 April 2023
7. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Common Dreams Jessica Corbett Critics warn that the Salvadoran government is "desperate for revenues" and trying to "demobilize potential grassroots opposition" to reversing a historic nationwide ban ...; Created on 20 January 2023
8. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... been one of the voices that have warned about what is happening in Honduras: the dispossession of the ancestral territories of indigenous peoples and what she considers to be the genocide of the Garifuna ...; Created on 25 December 2021
9. Scientists, fishers say new mining deals to cause more damage than good: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... mining. Duterte had warned to completely ban mining in the Philippines for its supposed environmental damages. “Akin to his West Philippine Sea pretense, Mr. Duterte’s anti-mining stance was nothing ...; Created on 24 May 2021
10. Philippines' Duterte lifts ban on new mining deals: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... a series of devastating mining accidents. The executive order released Thursday was welcomed by the mining sector -- but green groups branded the decision "outrageous" and warned it could lead to more environmental ...; Created on 05 May 2021
11. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... to acknowledge their responsibility for these impacts, in order to seek redress. The communiqué also warns of the parent companies’ announcements regarding putting their shares up for sale. “An assessment ...; Created on 22 April 2021
12. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... warn the new order could further endanger defenders as well as open key biodiversity areas to mining. MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte has issued an order to lift a nine-year moratorium on granting new ...; Created on 15 April 2021
13. Honduran justice denies defenders of the Guapinol river to wait for their trial in freedom: (Regional News); ... defender, Edy Tábora, warned that if the resolution was contrary to what was requested, it was because a political sentence was being dictated by the president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Rolando ...; Created on 28 December 2020
14. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... the country and regularly shares information about the health harms, water contamination, and escalating violence in Carrizalillo—an eye-opening warning to others regarding the kinds of impacts which they, ...; Created on 28 November 2020
15. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the courts have remained firm on keeping the water protectors in jail. A legal expert at the Jesuit Team for Reflection, Research and Communications warns that there has been a “selective” application ...; Created on 25 September 2020
16. More ISDS cases launched against Latin American states amid the COVID-19 pandemic: (ISDS); ... off the supply due to a failure to pay bills during the crisis. The law firm Hogan Lovells warned that these measures “may encourage foreign investors to seek recourse under protections found in investment ...; Created on 01 September 2020
17. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... a subsidiary of Grupo Frisco, owned by billionaire Carlos Slim, preferred to pay a fine to continue operating. At least two workers tested positive for Covid-19." Moreover, Salva la Selva warns that community ...; Created on 09 August 2020
18. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); ... during the outbreak, the government is being threatened with arbitration by businesses in the European Union and Canada that want access to its energy markets. Several other legal experts have warned that ...; Created on 23 July 2020
19. Anglo American responses to AGM queries raise more questions than they answer: (Mining and Human Rights); ... and clearly biased in showing that no significant impacts will occur. Even the Peruvian Ombudsman has issued warnings and identified the situation in the region and the future impacts of the Quellaveco ...; Created on 22 July 2020
20. The state of Siege in Izabal and Alta Verapaz: shelters, poppies, and the fear of repression: (Regional News); ... an appeal. In addition, more than 125 national and international organizations have published a statement rejecting the measures, warning that the state of Siege decree jeopardizes respect for the human ...; Created on 22 July 2020

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