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21. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... But in 2013, the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador pressured for a new round of privatizations through a Public Private Partnership Law, which the U.S. required El Salvador to adopt in order to receive $277 ...; Created on 01 December 2020
22. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... to pressure the company for greater benefits. On September 4, the day after the encampment was set up, the company released a communiqué referring to it as an “illegal road blockade.” Such statements ...; Created on 28 November 2020
23. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... and despite this, they pressured the government to repress us. That’s exactly what happened on May 23, 2014 and how they managed to operate for two years,” remarks Álvaro Sandoval, member of the Peaceful ...; Created on 24 August 2020
24. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the Honduran state to exterminate the Garífuna community. … It’s important to understand that this pressure, this repression and everything we are facing is because we are a community in constant fight ...; Created on 17 August 2020
25. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... governments pressured by the lobby of the mining industry seek to silence the protests and use the current crisis to promote changes in national regulations that favor mining activities, at the cost of ...; Created on 09 August 2020
26. The Duterte era: A state of nature under attack: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... pressures these past four years under President Duterte: 1. We have risen from the fifth spot to fourth in terms of long-term climate vulnerability according to GermanWatch’s climate risk index, with ...; Created on 25 July 2020
27. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... water and ways of life. Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, however, governments in country after country have declared mining an essential activity or responded to industry pressure to do so after a ...; Created on 23 July 2020
28. Timeline: Guatemala mine suspensions: (Regional News); ... arbitration claim is progressing. Pan American has consistently resisted pressure to provide any estimate regarding the timing of a restart at Escobal, which will follow the four-stage consultation being ...; Created on 23 July 2020
29. Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of political pressure at the international level and the crucial role in leading these local struggles to the countries of origin of the corporations and institutions involved, in this case Pacific Rim ...; Created on 15 July 2020
30. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... a UNESCO world heritage site, hoping to pressure Romania to withdraw its application to UNESCO while claiming that such a designation is incompatible with its mining project. When there is so much at ...; Created on 03 May 2020
31. Arrests, harassment of environmental defenders amid COVID-19 Pandemic in the Philippines: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... and human rights defenders and our supporters to pressure Filipino public authorities to take action. Let us support our defenders in the Philippines against repression and encourage them to continue their ...; Created on 21 April 2020
32. Civil society presents a proposal for the Water Law in the Legislative Assembly: (Water Crisis El Salvador); Carlos Hernandez - Contrapunto Civil society organizations continue to pressure the Legislative Assembly to approve a General Water Law that would benefit the majority of the Salvadoran population. Representatives ...; Created on 20 April 2020
33. Social Organizations demand compliance with the Prohibition of Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the pressure of “foreign investment” in the country is not successful. Luis González from UNES declared that there is still a “mining threat” in the national territory, and that there is a possibility ...; Created on 26 December 2019
34. Honduran Land Defenders Receive the prestigious Letelier-Moffit award in Washington: (Regional News); ... pressure on the government. We have issued complaints with the National Commission for the Prevention of Violence and Torture, MNP-CONAPREV, and the Honduran National Commissioner for Human Rights, CONADEH, denouncing the ...; Created on 24 October 2019
35. Over two hundred organizations denounce multimillion-dollar suit brought by U.S. mining firm against Guatemala: (Media Releases); ... Office and others. In the letter, organizations argue that the suit “represents a further attack on Guatemala’s judicial system.” They point to mounting pressure on the Constitutional Court from President ...; Created on 04 May 2019
36. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala: (Cerro Blanco); ... activities started in 2005 by a local company, Entre Mares, a subsidiary of Canada's Goldcorp. But public pressure and unforeseen technical problems led the company to suspend the project in 2013. That' ...; Created on 03 May 2019
37. Letter of support for defenders of "La Puya" ...: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... pressure as a result of President Morales’ decision to defy the Court’s ruling and expel the UN-backed anti-corruption and anti-impunity body, the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala ...; Created on 26 February 2019
38. From Mining to Water: 25 years of Community Solidarity and Organizing: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... remains one of few countries without a general water law. Following years of pressure from El Salvador’s Foro del Agua, an umbrella group of environmental social organizations including ADES, the Ministry ...; Created on 24 August 2018
39. Water 2.0 - Salvadoreans take to the streets to battle renewed attempts to privatize water resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... on water legislation, but hinting to privatization. Since 2006, environmental organizations of El Salvador have pressured lawmakers to approve laws that recognize water as a human right and as a common ...; Created on 24 June 2018
40. “Latin American Countries exposed to law suits from transnational comporations: Manuel Pérez Rocha: (Regional News); ... thanks to the international alliances, the country managed to put pressure on the ICSID tribunal so that the ruling of the case would be favorable to El Salvador. These investment or free trade treaties ...; Created on 10 May 2018

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