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21. Social organizations reject militarization in five municipalities of Guatemala: (Regional News); ... The Constitutional Court suspended the project in July 2019, when the Union of Artisanal Fishermen of El Estor filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court arguing that the exploitation permit granted ...; Created on 20 July 2020
22. In El Estor: a chain of breaches and contempt by CGN-PRONICO puts the lives of human rights defenders at risk: (Regional News); ... granted legal protection to the fishermen and ordered the suspension of mining activities. The owners of CGN-PRONICO, a Russian-owned company based for tax reasons in the Swiss city of Zur, ignored the ...; Created on 12 June 2020
23. World Environment Day with nothing to celebrate: (Regional News); ... as implementing all the plans required by the Law on Civil Protection, Prevention, and Mitigation of Disasters. And the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) must stop granting environmental ...; Created on 06 June 2020
24. Ostúa River contaminated with lead and arsenic from Cerro Blanco mine: (Cerro Blanco); ... the Environmental Impact Studies presented by the company and used to approve the mining permits claim. According to environmental organizations the permits granted by the Guatemalan Ministry of the Environment ...; Created on 21 April 2020
25. International report finds that the Honduran government violates the rights of Tocoa's environmental defender: (Regional News); ... Honduras when they challenge the legality of corporate mega projects and the power of extractive industries. Specifically, the report finds that in the case of the licences granted to Inversiones los ...; Created on 20 April 2020
26. Tocoa is declared free of mining, but controversial mining project remains active: (Regional News); ... solution on the illegality of the mining concessions granted in Tocoa. “It is a lack of respect what has occurred in this municipality today, we do not accept it, we reject and condemn that Mel Zelaya, ...; Created on 26 December 2019
27. Environmentalists Denounce that Central American governments favor mining companies and criminalize activists: (Regional News); ... providing concessions to carry out work in natural conservation areas. Since Nayib Bukele took over the presidency in El Salvador, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) has granted ...; Created on 26 December 2019
28. Governor Aduviri must remain in jail: (Regional News); ... 2011, Aymara residents, led by former leader Aduviri, rejected mining concessions granted to the Santa Anan Sylver mining project owned by Vancourver based Bear Creek Mining. The Puno Court of Appeals ...; Created on 26 December 2019
29. Honduran Land Defenders Receive the prestigious Letelier-Moffit award in Washington: (Regional News); ... reads a statement from IPS. This year the award was granted to the Municipal Committee for the Defense of Commons of Tocoa, a coalition of community groups, NOGs, faith and social organizations who since ...; Created on 24 October 2019
30. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... with local insurgency threats. Over the years, they have been accused of various human rights abuses and at one point were even disbanded, only to be revived again. In 2018, Duterte granted them financial ...; Created on 04 October 2019
31. National Roundtable against Metal Mining Demands technical closure of mines and compensation for environmental damage: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... investment. Rodolfo Calles, stated that environmental permitting practices should be studied comprehensively, in order not to grant permits to projects that are harmful to the environment. “Not every ...; Created on 18 September 2019
32. Global protest launched against OceanaGold mine in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Peace and Development in the Philippines (APDP), Migrante Australia, Philippines Australia Solidarity Action (PASA); International Allies against Mining, Central American Alliance against Mining in El ...; Created on 02 September 2019
33. Mining Grabs Up Land, Deals Blow to Agriculture in Central America: (Background and reports ); ... “Where the mining company is operating was land that peasants leased to plant corn and beans, our staple crops. But since the company came in, there is no land left to farm,” said Lesbia Villagrán, who ...; Created on 07 May 2019
34. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala: (Cerro Blanco); ... latter assured that they only granted the licenses, and that they respected private sales agreements or transfer of rights from one company to another. Madre Selva´s activist said that the company would ...; Created on 03 May 2019
35. Guatemalan court upholds Tahoe mine suspension: (Regional News); ... one of the largest primary silver producers in the world. Conflict, violent confrontations and protests, however, have plagued the project. “We do it for the children,” Máximo Abrego, a 79-year-old grandfather ...; Created on 16 September 2018
36. Bishops of El Salvador warn against privatizing water: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... participation in water management. The bishops' conference preferred that public oversight of water resources be maintained. "If a law is approved that grants a private entity the right to decide over ...; Created on 24 June 2018
37. Central Americans Demand to be Consulted About Mining Projects: (Regional News); ... appropriate procedures (…) whenever consideration is being given to legislative or administrative measures which may affect them directly,” such as when a national or municipal state institution grants ...; Created on 09 May 2018
38. COMMUNIQUE: The State of the Right to Free Prior and Informed Consent in the CA4 Region: (Media Releases); ... have, to either grant or deny their consent to extractive projects in their territories. During the meeting we analyzed the legal frameworks and conventional obligations on the right to prior consultation ...; Created on 08 May 2018
39. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the northern part of the country, with thirty-three areas of mining interests, a highway, and twelve hydroelectric dams. It started building the highway and granted twenty-eight exploration licenses to ...; Created on 07 May 2018
40. Salvadorans Reinforce Commitment to Sustain Historic Mining Ban on its First Anniversary: (Media Releases); ... tribunal rejected OceanaGold’s claim for US$250 Million against El Salvador for not having granted it a permit to mine. The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) instead ordered ...; Created on 06 May 2018

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