... against environmental defenders who opposed the mine resulted in the indictment of 32 members of the Committee for the Defense of the Commons and Natural Resources of Tocoa.
Originally, the Honduran judicial ...
... in 2016 ordered by former DENR Sec. Gina Lopez. A new hydrology impact study should have also been submitted by OGPI to dispel the claims of the LGU that te water supply has been severely reduced due ...
by Daniela Pastrana: Pie de Pagina
Foto: Celia Guerrero /Archivo Pie de PaginaThis is not fiction: an American company dedicated to finding treasures at the bottom of the sea has partnered with Altos ...
* LA PAGINA
Members of the National Roundtable against Metal Mining requested the President of the Republic, Nayib Bukele, to implement the Ban of Metal Mining, to address problems faced by mining affected ...
... February 14, 2017 by then-Philippine Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Gina Lopez. The agreement that allowed OceanaGold to start mining is a 25-year Financial and Technical Assistance ...
... have to present a new EIA, as the one originally presented by Entre Mares/Goldcorp suffered from many technical deficiencies and was approved "in an illegal manner, because it was first rejected twice by ...
... affected by this rapid expansion because they depend directly on the land and the water (the first thing to be contaminated) for their livelihoods. Add to this the marginalization and persistent discrimination ...
... originate in their struggle to repopulate the town of Santa Marta, Cabañas, at the height of the bloody civil war. Founded by community members on their return from Honduran refugee camps, ADES and Radio ...
By Jen Moore : MiningWatch Canada
Latin America is slowly winning the fight against the corporate assault of transnational Canadian mining companies
El Salvador made history last month when it became the ...
... environment in the Western Hemisphere. It is the most deforested country in Latin America, with as low as 1 percent of its original forests intact. Over 90 percent of its surface waters are contaminated, ...
... relate to climate change and broader sustainability debates; as well as issues related to corporate accountability and human rights. Positioning the case in the international public imagination as a symbol ...
... (originally owned by Pacific Rim before being acquired by Australian-Canadian mining giant OceanaGold in 2013) in the northern province of Cabañas became the epicenter of the conflict. Between 2009-2011, four ...
... of the communities of Cabañas who oppose metal mining, who gave him a plaque of recognition.
Another concern is that communications originating in Washington since the week following the ruling between ...
... en su contra en caso minería
La Página (El Salvador): El Salvador gana litigio a minera Pacific Rim, que deberá reembolsar $8 millones
La Página (El Salvador): Lo que dejó Pacific Rim a su paso por El ...
... of kidney and lung diseases in their country.
The original company that applied for the exploration license was the Canadian company PacificRim. In September 2013, it was bought out by Collins Street ...
... then. Currently, the international legal system that governs international investment flows consists of about 3000 BITs and othert Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT. While originally these treaties were ...
By Wilber Ruano: RNES
An investigation by MiningWatch Canada reports that the activities of the El Dorado Foundation, originally established by Pacific Rim in El Salvador in 2005, and now run by OCEANAGOLD, ...
... the San Sebastian site and finding that CGC had failed to take measures to mitigate the impacts of contamination as established in the original environmental monitoring plan presented by the company. Subsequent ...
... a stick to stir the water up the stream that has dyed in red the originally gray pebbles. It splashes idyllically, and that is all of nature's romance. The stream flows from an old gold mine, where Blanco’s ...
Oliver Ristau*: Deutsche Welle / Translation: Marina Bonetti
El Salvador wants to protect its environment and therefore bans mining. The population supports the plan, on the other hand, a Canadian company ...