... social leaders, indigenous and farming communities who vulnerability has increased due to the record number of threats by armed groups in the midst of the COVID 19 health crisis.
"The COVID-19 pandemic ...
After Seven Years and Millions of Dollars, Decision Announced in Pac Rim Mining Company vs. El Salvador: Coalition of Groups States “There are No Winners”
Investor-State Arbitration Subverts Democracy ...
Dismantle Corporate Power and End Impunity
Philippine groups express solidarity to people of El Salvador in fight against mining giant Oceana Gold/Pacific Rim Mining Corporation
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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 ...
... “mesa” of community groups, she’s talking about the struggle in her country to ban metals mining.
Vidalina’s group, the Santa Marta Association for Economic and Social Development (ADES), is among ...
... paramilitary groups, including the massacres perpetrated in Santa Marta and surrounding communities, by troops from the Sensuntepeque Military Detachment No2, led by the recently deceased Colonel Sigifredo ...
... Last month, President Rodrigo Duterte lifted a nine-year moratorium on new mining agreements to allow in investments and boost government revenues.
But environmental groups said the move was one of the ...
... of Petroleum Producers lobbyist Sheri Meyerhoffer as the office’s ombudsperson.
The Trudeau government has been clear during stakeholder meetings with civil society groups, including Mining Watch Canada, ...
... 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 ...
... the local community. Prostitutes were sent to local community groups to try to entice the water defenders’ leaders. Gang members were bused in from San Salvador to intimidate opponents of the pro-mining ...
... the land,” Morrison said.
“When OceanaGold’s FTAA expired in June 2019, community groups and local and provincial governments took action, including a legally sanctioned barricade, forcing OceanaGold ...
... groups say.
Signed April 14 and made public April 15, Executive Order 130 highlights the contribution of the extractives sector in reviving the country’s economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The sector ...
... of Wall Street. Undoubtedly, the most vital component was the determination and organizing acumen of the Riveras, Morales, and their allies in the community groups that anchored La Mesa. Yet other community-based ...
... bear kinship with the Salvadoran water defenders are already active in many parts of this country.
In Alaska, Native groups linked with conservationists to halt the giant Pebble Mine, which would have ...
... groups,” she added.
Community members from Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, accuse Canadian OceanaGold’s copper-gold project of serious human rights and environmental abuses. “In 2018, local indigenous people, ...
... groups.” The permit lasts for six months and costs $200.
In an audio file sent to the community, NeWay CEO Erick Brimen has claimed, as has the Honduran government, that Próspera holds no intention to ...
... from Big Gold.
Based on over a decade of research and their own role as international allies of the community groups in El Salvador, Robin Broad and John Cavanagh unspool this untold story, replete ...
... million Indigenous Peoples depending on Amazon forest faces the attacks of criminal groups and illegal miners.
The oil spill in Coca and Napo river in Ecuador affecting 200,000 Kichwa and Shuar people ...
... of the mining company to deliver the fuel. Local barangay officials and environmental groups from the area tried to prevent the illegal entry, but the police allegedly threatened protestors they will ...
... as one of the founder of Sagipin ang Kalikasan organization.
She was involved in an environmental investigative mission, together with civil society groups, on mining-affected areas that were later and ...