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1. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Mount “Carlos Escaleras” National Park. While these eight remain imprisoned, five others, who initially had the charges against them dropped after voluntarily presenting themselves to the courts, were ...; Created on 25 September 2020
2. International community calls for release of El Salvador antimining activists: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... look at the steps the government is taking to renew a defunct mining sector. “We are concerned these arrests are politically motivated and intended to silence the overwhelming opposition to mining in ...; Created on 20 December 2023
3. International Week of Action Free the Santa Marta 5: (Free the Santa Marta 5); ... are not able to denounce the case publicly because the judge has imposed a rare gag order. These arbitrary arrests are deeply concerning as they violate both El Salvador’s internationally recognized Peace ...; Created on 08 April 2023
4. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Pedro Antonio Rivas Laínez, Antonio Pacheco, and Saúl Agustín Rivas Ortega. These figures, who all played a role in lobbying for the 2017 mining ban, are accused of “illicit associations” and committing ...; Created on 06 April 2023
5. Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... “raises questions about whether the true motivation is to attempt to silence these water defenders”. Without providing details, prosecutors have also accused the five men of illicit association – a crime ...; Created on 04 April 2023
6. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... victims. “The arrests are politically motivated as they seek to silence these water defenders and to demobilize community opposition at this critical moment,” the Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive ...; Created on 03 April 2023
7. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of the current government." "This further raises questions about whether the attorney general's true motivation is to attempt to silence these water defenders, especially in light of the current administration' ...; Created on 20 January 2023
8. 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
9. Public statement from social movement organizations on the detention of members of the Santa Marta community and ADES in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... these people are accused of committing a murder during the civil war (1980-1992) and of illicit associations. This last offense relates the case to the narrative of the current government’s “state of exception” ...; Created on 13 January 2023
10. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation: (Cerro Blanco); ... organizer. In that sense, a legal precedent established by the Guatemalan Constitucional Court in 2012 may be on the environmentalist's side as it ruled that these municipal consultation mechanisms ...; Created on 22 September 2022
11. PRESS RELEASE: The municipal consultation on Cerro Blanco mine is valid and legitimate: (Cerro Blanco); ... but these do not call into question the transparency and forcefulness of the results obtained in the municipal consultation process, nor we idenfied improper actions by members of the Municipal Commission ...; Created on 21 September 2022
12. 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); ... mining can bring economic benefits to some inhabitants of the region, these benefits do not compensate the environmental damage nor the health of the inhabitants as it deprives people of their lands and ...; Created on 12 June 2022
13. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... of the month came and the workers were paid almost nothing because a large part of their salary was owed to the stores that belonged to the same company that hired them. It was in these plantations that ...; Created on 25 December 2021
14. PRESS RELESE: Environmental Organizations Dennounce Privatization of Water in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... example of these systems. Consequently, by not incorporating a regulation for water supply as priority for domestic use in the article 63, the law would generate a conflict between the supply for the general ...; Created on 23 December 2021
15. Communique: Community organizations fear the return of metal mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... for mining and quarry exploration proposals. These latest events cause alarm because they seem aimed at allowing activities related to metal mining in the country. In addition, these actions of the government ...; Created on 16 December 2021
16. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... with all these worrisome realities, we are once again called to resist the advance of policies and practices, rejected in the past, that endanger the viability of our nation and the very life of our citizens. ...; Created on 14 December 2021
17. La Mesa releases a memoir of their collective struggle to ban mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of the communities that led to the acts of violence and assassination of 5 environmentalists in Cabañas and the strategies these communities utilized to forge a robust national and international movement ...; Created on 29 June 2021
18. 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
19. Peru miners fall amid uncertainty over tight presidential election: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of the votes against Fujimori's 49.8%. These results represent a change of course compared to the first hours after the elections when Fujimori had a slight advantage. However, as the day progresses, and ...; Created on 08 June 2021
20. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Harris is traveling to Guatemala this week to discuss solutions to the poverty, violence, and corruption that are among the driving forces of migration. Contributing to these drivers are neoliberal arrangements, ...; Created on 07 June 2021

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