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21. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... chairperson of a Washington-based law firm who defends governments in such suits, has described the system as the “Wild Wild West of International Law”. According to Kahale III, when it comes to international ...; Created on 03 May 2020
22. Water, transparency and mining concerns in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... is not because of the lack of enthusiasm from the civil society and the extractive companies. The lack of interest and leadership to prioritize good governance in the sector comes from the national government. ...; Created on 08 March 2020
23. Agriculture, a sustainable economic alternative to mining: (Mining and Human Rights); ... activities that communities from Cabañas are currently engaged with, and could be promoted as alternatives to artisanal and industrial mining. These activities can generate higher incomes and a better ...; Created on 26 December 2019
24. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... and other data storage seized during combat operations.” He said the information also comes from former terrorists who now assist the government in its counterterrorism operations, and denied any accusations ...; Created on 04 October 2019
25. ATM Statement re OGPI FTAA renewal: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... and conserve the environment. This development even becomes more ironic as the government decided to renew this mining contract during the UN General Assembly which had tackled climate change as its ...; Created on 26 September 2019
26. Oceanagold’s wealth is misery for Kasibu farmers: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the waste we produced in small-scale mining and the one that comes from their mine tailings,” Palpag said. “They did not accept it.” The production of citrus trees, to which the province was known to ...; Created on 16 September 2019
27. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it: (FTAs & ISDS); ... that has a central role in designing ISDS rules, third-party funding was one of several key issues under discussion. This comes several months after the International Centre for Settlement of Investment ...; Created on 05 May 2019
28. Letter of support for defenders of "La Puya" ...: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... Court justices and that the cases currently before them be allowed to play out and that decisions be made based on the rule of law. Undoubtedly, this corporate assault comes at a delicate moment in ...; Created on 26 February 2019
29. Rural Communities’ Struggle Against US-Owned Mine Continues in Guatemalan Supreme Court: (Regional News); ... KCA’s Public Relations representative. “The whole system of investment is under attack.” A History of Resistance The decision comes after nearly 6 years of peaceful resistance by residents of the neighboring ...; Created on 27 August 2018
30. Church in El Salvador backs law declaring clean, affordable water as a human right: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... histap. “Water comes twice or three times a week,” he says. “When I change my filter every few months, it is full of dark, slimy mud.” Like many other families, he relies heavily on commercial bottled ...; Created on 08 May 2018
31. Lack of proposals from political candidates on the Environmental Crisis in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... rescue the Lempa river, but they contradict themselves when it comes to the economic approaches required to implement these reforms. For example, in regards to investments and the creation of employment, ...; Created on 08 February 2018
32. How Local, Grassroots Organizing Drove El Salvador’s Mining Ban: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... was not a political issue. Milton Arias, an FMLN alderman on the Cinquera Municipal Council, said the emphasis was always on protecting the environment. “If a mining project comes to the municipality, ...; Created on 26 June 2017
33. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... profile of the case and forcing it on to the government’s agenda “they [the government] are afraid of any kind of sanction that comes from an international body….this is why it’s important to further strengthen ...; Created on 23 June 2017
34. Pressure Mounts on El Salvadoran Legislature to Ban Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... first municipality in its department to ban mining, three more are scheduled to occur for this year. The mayors’ letter comes on the heels of the February 6th visit to the Legislative Assembly by the ...; Created on 13 February 2017
35. Archbishop of El Salvador reinforces the church´s position against mining: (Mining and Human Rights); ... lethal, they will pollute our aquifers. We are already threatened with the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala, if it becomes exploited it will contaminate Lake Güija and by extension the Lempa river would ...; Created on 17 September 2016
36. Archbishop of El Salvador reinforces the church´s position against mining: (Mining and Human Rights); ... lethal, they will pollute our aquifers. We are already threatened with the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala, if it becomes exploited it will contaminate Lake Güija and by extension the Lempa river would ...; Created on 17 September 2016
37. Yes to life, no to mining! – Report Back Delegation to El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... this disease strongly attacks the nervous and immune systems. “The company has not provided the supply of clean water to the population. Instead, we have to buy the expensive water that comes in bottles”, ...; Created on 03 February 2016
38. Resistance against the bloodsucker: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... government”. He therefore welcomes it when Salvadorans take a stand against gold mining and foreign tribunals. Just as in Arcatao, in the northern Department of Chalatenango, by the border with Honduras. ...; Created on 03 January 2016
39. El Salvador: Vote Against Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... for us are poverty and contamination”. To this day, acid waste water still comes out of the mountain. Blanco points to a stream that runs by the corn fields. It shimmers with orange acid waste water from ...; Created on 02 January 2016
40. A blunt NO to mining in Arcatao, Chalatenango: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... these marked "No" on the ballot for the referendum to "defend" against metal mining in the municipality of Arcatao, Chalatenango. Santos comes from a small valley in the canton of Teosinte, Arcatao. At ...; Created on 11 November 2015

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