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1. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... laws and decisions protecting indigenous peoples’ rights, the environment, and community health. The companies examined used arbitration particularly where communities are engaged in struggles against ...; Created on 03 May 2019
2. Where Did Commerce Group Get the Money?: (Commerce Group); Where Did Commerce Group Get the Money? Versión en Español The last anyone had heard was that the Milwaukee based mining company Commerce Group was struggling to come up with the $150,000 to pay for ...; Created on 17 August 2012
3. International community calls for release of El Salvador antimining activists: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the five men helped lead a campaign to ban metals mining in 2017 and protect El Salvador’s primary source of clean water, the Lempa River Basin. The countrywide ban was the first of its kind anywhere in ...; Created on 20 December 2023
4. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... integrity of their country in a region where states generally side with foreign investors over local demands, leading to potentially tragic conflict. Such conflict is ongoing at the Cerro Blanco mine ...; Created on 06 April 2023
5. Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... where the five detained defenders live and work, but no one has ever faced justice. Hundreds of national and international activists and organisations have condemned the detention as politically motivated. ...; Created on 04 April 2023
6. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... massacre in 1980, where 30 people were assassinated and 189 were disappeared), the government is now re-victimizing the community by targeting their leaders, who have been outspoken against the policies ...; Created on 20 January 2023
7. URGENT COMMUNIQUE: To the people of Asuncion Mita, the national and international community: (Cerro Blanco); ... the Municipal Consultation on Mining petitioned by citizens of our municipality, are facing the undemocratic backlash of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) through a statement dated September 19, where ...; Created on 23 September 2022
8. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation: (Cerro Blanco); ... rights of Guatemalan citizens to be consulted on important matters that could affect their lives and territories. Sowing division in the communities Following the results of the consultations where ...; Created on 22 September 2022
9. Central American mayors reject mining exploitation that affects strategic river: (Cerro Blanco); ... feeds hydroelectric plants, and supplies, after being treated, drinking water to a large part of El Salvador, where most of its extension is located. The statement is signed by Guatemalan mayors from ...; Created on 12 June 2022
10. Central American mayors reject mining exploitation that affects strategic river: (Cerro Blanco); ... feeds hydroelectric plants, and supplies, after being treated, drinking water to a large part of El Salvador, where most of its extension is located. The statement is signed by Guatemalan mayors from ...; Created on 12 June 2022
11. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... territories. In addition, several Garífuna communities are experiencing forced displacement. One of them is Triunfo de la Cruz, where 400 families left the community in 2019, and in July 2020, during ...; Created on 25 December 2021
12. Communique: Community organizations fear the return of metal mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... mining sector; put out to tender for the exploration of special areas where deposits with proven economic potential are located; and coordinate with the Ministry of the Environment the evaluation procedures ...; Created on 16 December 2021
13. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... foreign and multilateral institutions or organizations "linked to the mining sector”; promoting the exploration of special areas where deposits with confirmed economic potential are located; and coordinating ...; Created on 14 December 2021
14. Anglo American files lawsuit against Colombia: (ISDS); ... to reach a pre-arbitration agreement with these companies to avoid lawsuits. Cerrejón planned to develop La Puente to offset expected production declines elsewhere. The pit contains 35 million tonnes ...; Created on 08 June 2021
15. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... backing that mining companies in Guatemala have long enjoyed. Early on the morning of May 21, nearly 40 police patrol trucks, including an anti-riot unit, showed up outside the mine gates where community ...; Created on 07 June 2021
16. Community and environmental concerns not “pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s business: (Mining and Human Rights); ... that the expansion caused. Over forty families were uprooted and moved to a “Residential Unit” that adjoins the mine site, where the company exercises near complete control over daily life. On top of these ...; Created on 17 May 2021
17. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... mechanisms that these processes are going through are actually benefiting and specific to the local demands, priorities and needs of the community where the mining is operating.” She also pointed to ...; Created on 12 May 2021
18. Pan American Silver Pressured to Shut Down Community Interference in Guatemala: (Mining and Human Rights); ... government agencies, and NGOs.” In September 2020, the company announced the launch of a “participatory monitoring program” in the municipality where the mine is located. In response to a letter sent ...; Created on 12 May 2021
19. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Agreement (FIPA) is now in force. This agreement provides substantial protections for Canadian investors in Mongolia, where there are already significant Canadian-owned mining assets. These “investors’ ...; Created on 07 May 2021
20. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... an international coalition—paid off at critical moments. In October 2016, the World Bank tribunal where their international partners held protests dismissed the mining company’s claims. Five months later, ...; Created on 23 April 2021

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