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21. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the Salvadoran Congress approved, in March 2017, a law that prohibited metal mining, the only regulation of its kind in the world. With this law, no company can extract gold, silver, copper, or other metallic ...; Created on 05 January 2021
22. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... but that treaty protection was limited to assets “invested by investors”, so an action of investing was also required. In March 2020, Switzerland’s highest court set aside the Clorox award. Unpersuaded ...; Created on 19 December 2020
23. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... and struggle When Equinox acquired the Los Filos mine this past March, it also assumed responsibility for the social-cooperation agreement between the community and the mine’s former owner, Leagold Mining. ...; Created on 28 November 2020
24. The hidden connection between a US steel company and the controversial Los Pinares mine in Honduras: (Regional News); ... in Panama, Nucor executives joined the board of directors of the Panamanian company NE Holdings Subsidiary in March 2015, and later joined a second Panamanian company, NE Holdings, in August 2016. The ...; Created on 28 November 2020
25. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... in March 2016 after suffering years of threats and harassment linked to her opposition to an internationally funded dam. More recently, the Guapinol case and the forced disappearance of land defenders ...; Created on 07 October 2020
26. Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees: (Mining and Human Rights); ... to justify this prolonged detention. Berta Cáceres, assassinated in March 2016, was a courageous ecologist and prominent land rights activist from the indigenous Lenka community in Honduras. She was ...; Created on 29 September 2020
27. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... a family visit since March. Once a week, their loved ones have special permission to send them a home-cooked meal plus extras like green avocados and tortillas that will help them get through the week. ...; Created on 25 September 2020
28. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands: (Regional News); ... about 15 kilometers from downtown San Salvador, has not had any running water in her house since the pandemic started back in March 2020. In fact, she hasn't had any tap water consistently in her home for ...; Created on 11 September 2020
29. Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case: (Regional News); ... dated March 3, maintains the arbitrariness in the case and clearly points to politically motivated judicial persecution of local leaders and community members who have been at the forefront of environmental protection ...; Created on 18 August 2020
30. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... Gold merged in March 2020 with Leagold Mining, making Los Filos one of the six mines it exploits on the American continent. Silver and gold are extracted in the mine, and there is an expansion plan. Thus, ...; Created on 09 August 2020
31. HONDURAS: Human rights defenders threatened by armed groups during quarantine: (Regional News); ... incriminating evidence against them." Along the same lines, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, declared on March 25, 2020: "Now, more than ever, governments should ...; Created on 31 July 2020
32. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... activities in various forms have become a vector for Covid-19 spread. The biggest mining fair in the world is one of these. Held every year in Toronto in early March, this event is put on by the the Prospectors ...; Created on 23 July 2020
33. Timeline: Guatemala mine suspensions: (Regional News); ... in a CALAS appeal against the supreme court decision to reinstate the mine’s license. March 8: Constitutional court calls for further anthropological studies to reach a ruling on the suspension of the ...; Created on 23 July 2020
34. Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... year campaign, metallic mining was banned in El Salvador in March 2017, but the struggle of Salvadorean anti mining activists is far from over. Vidalina Morales, president of the Santa Marta Association ...; Created on 15 July 2020
35. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... against a gold mining project that threatens to pollute or dry up already scarce water supplies in an area just north of Guatemala City. Day after day, since March 2012, community members have rotated ...; Created on 03 May 2020
36. Arrests, harassment of environmental defenders amid COVID-19 Pandemic in the Philippines: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... constrained by lockdowns, arbitrary arrests, and other heavy-handed measures supposedly meant for containing the outbreak of the infectious disease. On March 19, 2020, indigenous people leader Gloria ...; Created on 21 April 2020
37. Ostúa River contaminated with lead and arsenic from Cerro Blanco mine: (Cerro Blanco); ... the spread of cross border contamination, since the Law Prohibiting Metal Mining in El Salvador (approved on March 2017) is only applicable on the national territory. The researcher and environmentalist ...; Created on 21 April 2020
38. Civil society presents a proposal for the Water Law in the Legislative Assembly: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... make this initiative a partisan proposal. On March 22, 2012, with the celebration of World Water Day, at the initiative of the then President Mauricio Funes through the Minister of Environment and Natural ...; Created on 20 April 2020
39. German parlamentarians demand justice for Honduran environmental activists: (Regional News); ... Tábora. The legal team appealed the judge's decision and requested a new hearing to review the measure. In March, he filed a habeas corpus action with the president of the Supreme Court of Justice in order ...; Created on 20 April 2020
40. Map reveals Canadian mining company’s environmental, social conflicts: (Regional News); John C. Cannon - Mongabay The Environmental Justice Atlas released new maps March 2 alleging that Pan American Silver operates mines that don’t have the consent of local communities and that pollute ...; Created on 02 March 2020

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