... related to land struggles, including Carlos Escaleras, whom the national park is named after. Mr. George believes he is being targeted because of his efforts to accompany the victims and their families. ...
... support to their struggle. We demand that the Honduran state complies with its international obligations to protect rights defenders, and we name the illegitimate government of Juan Orlando Hernández as ...
... the government of U.S., is saying nothing about that. Everybody knows about the brother of the president, the actual president. He’s here in jail. The name of the president of Honduras is involved in bad ...
BNAmericas
Injunctions by communities and an NGO have seen Guatemala’s three main mines halted in recent years – cementing the country’s reputation as one of the world’s least favorable mining jurisdictions. ...
... the creation of “anti-terrorism” laws. In the name of security and the fight against drug trafficking, human rights defenders have been unfairly criminalized.
This context of violence for those who ...
... for the processing of minerals that the mining project will generate. According to corporate statements, the business group has the mission of converting the site, installed under the business name Ecotek, ...
Jen Moore
On November 27, 2019, the life and struggle of Mariano Abarca were honored with the presentation of the first award for environmental defense in Chiapas to be presented in his name. His brother, ...
... is no free, prior, and informed consent, but also in the violation of their rights to their land and way of life,” said Claver.
Julie Simongo, an Indigenous Ifugao leader, found her name and 26 others ...
... and the use of slave labour. Yet there are rarely any consequences for companies where they are headquartered and allowed to raise most of their money – namely, in Canada.Successive Canadian governments ...
... de Organizaciones No Gubernamentales Internacionales en Guatemala - FONGI (GUATEMALA)
Fundación Chile Sustentable Publicación "Lucha Indígena"(PERU)
Fundación para la Nutrición y Servicios de Salud ...
... rally we name the courageous people whose blood was spilt in defence of their community.
Marcelo Rivera
Ramiro Rivera
Felicita Escheverria
Dora Alicia Recinos Soto and her unborn child
Jose Duran ...
OceanaGold must Pay Up and Pack Up from El Salvador
(Leer en español abajo)
February 21st, 2017
To: OceanaGold CEO Mick Wilkes, OceanaGold Board of Directors, and OceanaGold Shareholders
From: ...
... named the “comprehensive water law” claiming that they had the support of wide sector of business, government and civil society organizations and publicly asking the legislature to expedite the approval. ...
... the governor's name and testimony were mentioned several times by legislators who, it was obvious, had been touched by him. Sánchez Cerén met with him for over an hour, clearly enthralled with the message ...
... suit was the only thing the company had going. Pacific Rim did not have any permits to mine or to explore anymore. It did, however, have a foundation – the El Dorado Foundation – registered in its name. ...
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... of an industry that itself operates with impunity."
Seven people have been killed while resisting OceanaGold/Pacific Rim's mining operations in El Salvador and the Philippines. At the rally their names ...
... Kilometres of steep mountainous paths to build a temple at the Urbina Hills, located right at the center of Au Martinique's exploration concession. They named it "the temple of the Virgin of Resistance”. ...
... all the constant complaints that those of us who live in the territory have been making in regards to Pacific Rim, now with its new name of Oceana Gold… that all they do is extort El Salvador with a law ...
... Au Martinique wants to mine gold and other metals such as uranium. The government had given an exploration permit to the Canadian mining company, which today goes under the name of Aura Silver Resources, ...