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1. Australian-Canadian firm OceanaGold bails out Pacific Rim Mining Deal means more punishment for El Salvador: (Water no Gold); (Washington/Ottawa/San Salvador/Melbourne) On November 21, Pacific Rim Mining shareholders are poised to approve sale of the company to Melbourne-based OceanaGold in order to continue suing El Salvador ...; Created on 21 November 2013
2. Santa Marta Community Leaders Are Persecuted in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... offices in the municipality of Guacotecti, according to a statement published by the Committee for Human Rights in Latin America (CDHAL). These community leaders were arrested by means of a judicial ...; Created on 19 January 2023
3. Public statement of the Local Governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, regarding the “Cerro Blanco” mining project, developed by the ...: (Cerro Blanco); ... Study has not been approved by the Ministry of the Environment of Guatemala. 10. That, open pit mining means the removal of the surface layer of the earth to make mineral deposits accessible and therefore ...; Created on 12 June 2022
4. Mining is not ‘recovery’: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... administration is reducing nature to a commodity—a thing to be consumed, a means to a capitalist end. Reflective of a typically patriarchal, exploitative, and extractive mode of doing business, its mining ...; Created on 02 June 2021
5. Community and environmental concerns not “pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s business: (Mining and Human Rights); ... but their refusal to even minimally acknowledge or respond to serious concerns means they aren’t serious about addressing them. If the incoming chair of the board, Gillian Winkler, hopes to make any difference ...; Created on 17 May 2021
6. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... in the mining industry means government policies on dealing with environmental and human rights abuses abroad are critical for regulating the sector internationally,” said Asuncion. “To this date, no Canadian ...; Created on 12 May 2021
7. Honduras: Supreme Court must correct distorted ruling & free arbitrarily detained Guapinol defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... investigation" into this arbitrariness and to take action against those responsible for it. In addition, the Group asked the State of Honduras to disseminate this opinion "by all available means and as ...; Created on 11 May 2021
8. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... produces in significant quantities. But a just transition means respecting human rights, the rights of communities and the environment in the territories from which the minerals are extracted. Moreover, ...; Created on 22 April 2021
9. Urgent Action: Immediately release Guapinol defenders in high risk: (Mining and Human Rights); ... The outbreak means that other defenders are also at risk. The Honduran state knowingly holds the Guapinol Water Defenders in illegal detention and puts their lives at risk. The state is responsible for ...; Created on 14 March 2021
10. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Honduran lawyers who lack the means to adapt to a new common law practice. For example, Próspera has created a legal framework called "Roatán Common Law Code" that compiles a large set of norms on private ...; Created on 15 February 2021
11. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... the availability and use of investor-state arbitration can be an effective means of getting a government to the table for meaningful negotiations and eventual settlement. Investor-state arbitration in ...; Created on 06 January 2021
12. Puno: An indefinite strike announced due to mining contamination in the Coata River: (Regional News); ... de Ministros, PCM in its Spanish acronym) recognize by means of a supreme decree the regional technical roundtable that has been operating in the country since 2014. -------------------------------------------------------- ...; Created on 28 December 2020
13. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... contract was obtained through corrupt means. Ultimately, the Tribunal rejected the corruption allegations holding that the casual link between the evidence and the contract was insufficient. In yet another ...; Created on 19 December 2020
14. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... million through the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Drafted with input from the U.S. Treasury, the proposal was denounced by labor unions and social and environmental movements as a means to privatize ...; Created on 01 December 2020
15. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands: (Regional News); ... can you do that if there is no water to do it with? There is no river or well nearby that we can go carry water, and we don't have the means to pay a water truck regularly. I am not working right now.” ...; Created on 11 September 2020
16. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... in less than a week. It was a success and in the second edition, they produced 2 million watches. Those 18 carats, in terms of extraction, means 3.8 grams of gold. In the Carrizalillo mine, 70% of the ...; Created on 09 August 2020
17. Anglo American responses to AGM queries raise more questions than they answer: (Mining and Human Rights); ... project as a source of possible conflict, since it could exacerbate the scarcity of water resources in the Tambo river basin. This means that as Quellaveco’s start date of operations approaches, this conflict ...; Created on 22 July 2020
18. REPORT: Voices from the Ground: (General mining reports ); ... Mining companies are ignoring the real threats of the pandemic and continuing to operate, using any means available Governments around the world are taking extraordinary measures to shut down legitimate ...; Created on 19 July 2020
19. International report finds that the Honduran government violates the rights of Tocoa's environmental defender: (Regional News); ... community, have actively supported post-coup governments as a means of securing and protecting their own interests. In the city of Tocoa, the Honduran government has confronted communities opposing the ...; Created on 20 April 2020
20. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala: (Cerro Blanco); ... employees) have been more active, that means that they are in the process of being acquired (the company), or it has already happened. He regretted that the company is not willing to tell the locals, ...; Created on 03 May 2019

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