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1. Protesters in D.C. ask for halt to gold mining in El Salvador, say it will endanger ecology: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Pamela Constable Calling gold mining a scourge on the environment of El Salvador, a group of protesters rallied Monday outside the World Bank in the District, where a tribunal is discussing the case ...; Created on 17 September 2014
2. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the United Nations’ Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). Impacted communities across the world have called for resource extraction projects to be halted, not just “greened.” This ...; Created on 12 May 2021
3. Pan American Silver Pressured to Shut Down Community Interference in Guatemala: (Mining and Human Rights); ... nearly 4,000 people are calling on the Vancouver-based company to halt all community activities in the Central American country. In mid-April, activists delivered a petition to Pan American Silver urging ...; Created on 12 May 2021
4. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... 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, ...; Created on 22 April 2021
5. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... to continue operating in the Philippines. This raised tensions with local governments, which wanted mining operations halted to curb the spread of COVID-19. Last October, Secretary of Finance Carlos ...; Created on 15 April 2021
6. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... 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 ...; Created on 28 March 2021
7. US Senators introduce bill to tackle corruption & rights violations in Honduras - cite Guapinol case: (Mining and Human Rights); ... to flee their communities in search of safety. We need a comprehensive plan of action, including sanctions, and halting the provision of U.S. security assistance and defense equipment to the Honduran police ...; Created on 23 February 2021
8. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... Peru. The other 12 cases were brought inter aliaover a dispute relating to the operation of a refinery located in the Peruvian rainforest, over a mining project halted by local protests and over the state' ...; Created on 21 January 2021
9. Vizcaya gov still opposes Didipio: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... to halt its operation back in October. Padilla also issued a cease and desist order against the company in June 2019. OGPI refused to acknowledge the order and filed a petition before the local court to ...; Created on 08 January 2021
10. Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: (ISDS); ... to the El Tambor gold mine. When unwavering community resistance again forced a halt in operations, the company filed a claim in Guatemalan courts complaining the government had failed to protect its investments. ...; Created on 21 October 2020
11. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... government. Unwavering community opposition and legal actions halted the project in 2016. With the company’s leadership under criminal investigation and its mine suspended, KCA turned to Investor State ...; Created on 24 August 2020
12. Timeline: Guatemala mine suspensions: (Regional News); BNAmericas Injunctions by communities and an NGO have seen Guatemala’s three main mines halted in recent years – cementing the country’s reputation as one of the world’s least favorable mining jurisdictions. ...; Created on 23 July 2020
13. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... mining companies suing over projects that people have managed to halt through direct action and in the courts. This month, in Guatemala, the Peaceful Resistance “La Puya” celebrates eight years of struggle ...; Created on 03 May 2020
14. National Alliance Against the Privatization of Water “Water is not for sale, we care for it and defend it: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... the Executive branch to halt policies, plans and actions that promote the destruction of the ecosystems, which consequently undermines the capacity to adapt to climate change; therefore should also stop ...; Created on 26 September 2019
15. Mining Grabs Up Land, Deals Blow to Agriculture in Central America: (Background and reports ); ... people in 2007, and since then local residents in different villages scattered throughout this municipality and nearby areas have been organised to bring its operations to a halt. "Water, apart from ...; Created on 07 May 2019
16. Central Americans Demand to be Consulted About Mining Projects: (Regional News); ... have not promoted consultations, because they believe that important development projects would be halted, so it is the affected communities that have carried out their own consultations, they added. In ...; Created on 09 May 2018
17. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... good news: The environment minister and other individuals in the then-conservative government of President Tony Saca listened to the communities and convinced the executive branch to halt new mining licenses ...; Created on 26 June 2017
18. Solidarity rally in Toronto as decision released in OceanaGold v. El Salvador case: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... agricultural lands in the area." Speakers pointed out that, in the ICSID, it is ultimately corporate lawyers – not judges – who decide whether governments must pay corporations for halting destructive ...; Created on 10 November 2016
19. ICSID decision buoys El Salvador in mining dispute: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... that it lost US$314 million in potential profits because the project was halted, a figure that is more than 1% of El Salvador’s Gross Domestic Product. In its complaint, Pac Rim Cayman said it had made ...; Created on 10 November 2016
20. El Salvador: Vote Against Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... any digging for gold in Arcatao. Since 2009 this land is under a moratorium. The government in San Salvador has put a temporary halt to all mining projects, in order to protect the environment – especially ...; Created on 02 January 2016

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