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1. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... mining corporation.   If ever there was an example of how the seeds of a local battle flowered into a formidable global campaign, it was this one. At a time when organised dissent is both under attack ...
Created on 23 June 2017
2. When Corporations Sue Governments
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
By Manuel Perez Rocha In 2004, the Pacific Rim mining company applied to dig for gold in El Salvador. Pacific Rim (since acquired by the Canadian-Australian company OceanaGold) assured the government ...
Created on 03 December 2014
3. When it Comes to Mining: The Canadian Government has a Closed Door Policy, Even to Canadian Citizens
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
When it Comes to Mining, the Canadian Government has a Closed Door Policy, Even to Canadian Citizens On Wednesday June 13, the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining (the Mesa) held a rally in ...
Created on 14 June 2012
4. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... valued at around $25 billion, while its debt is around $20 billion. “But still,” said University of Georgia professor Julio Sevilla, “you cannot really afford to make bad investments when your finances ...
Created on 06 April 2023
5. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... victory, back in 2017, when El Salvador’s government announced it would be the first country in the world to issue a total ban on metal mining. For a half-century, the industry had been dumping waste and ...
Created on 03 April 2023
6. Santa Marta Community Leaders Are Persecuted in El Salvador
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... human rights violations and crimes against humanity", which took place against the Santa Marta people. "Today, when the State says to act, it is done to re-victimize the community in something that clearly ...
Created on 19 January 2023
7. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people
(Regional News)
... Miriam Miranda highlights that the award to OFRANEH comes at a time when pressure from the Honduran government is increasing to deprive indigenous and black peoples of their territories; a moment in which ...
Created on 25 December 2021
8. Communique: Community organizations fear the return of metal mining in El Salvador
(Media Releases)
... Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Development be publicly transparent when presenting the results of their visit to El Salvador.   Finally, we demand that the Legislative Assembly accelerate the ...
Created on 16 December 2021
9. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... to an Oxfam America study, Dirty Metals, "When it comes to toxic emissions, metal mining is one of the leading industries." Given this reality, broad based social coalitions, together with the Catholic ...
Created on 14 December 2021
10. La Mesa releases a memoir of their collective struggle to ban mining in El Salvador
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... to sell their projects. The struggle took international dimensions when two companies, Commerce Group and Pacific Rim (later acquired by OceanaGold), decided to sue the government of El Salvador at the ...
Created on 29 June 2021
11. Peru miners fall amid uncertainty over tight presidential election
(Mining and Human Rights)
... of the votes against Fujimori's 49.8%. These results represent a change of course compared to the first hours after the elections when Fujimori had a slight advantage. However, as the day progresses, and ...
Created on 08 June 2021
12. Mining is not ‘recovery’
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... plants, and their habitats. Whatever short-term economic benefits to be had from mining (and studies show these never go to the affected communities), this remains a losing proposition when we consider ...
Created on 02 June 2021
13. Scientists, fishers say new mining deals to cause more damage than good
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... Movement Association, when they dispersed people forming a barricade against the entry of fuel tankers into the operation site of Australian-Canadian mining firm Oceanagold in Nueva Vizcaya. To recall, ...
Created on 24 May 2021
14. Community and environmental concerns not “pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s business
(Mining and Human Rights)
... To shareholders attending online, Beaty narrated a glowing chronicle of Pan American Silver’s socially and environmentally responsible history in Latin America. Yet, when Breaking the Silence and other ...
Created on 17 May 2021
15. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities
(Mining and Human Rights)
... in solidarity with impacted communities globally and with First Nations in Canada, who have been met with indifference, coercion, or criminalization by federal and provincial governments when voicing opposition ...
Created on 12 May 2021
16. Pan American Silver Pressured to Shut Down Community Interference in Guatemala
(Mining and Human Rights)
... four years. The consultation process failed to budge from 2018 to 2020 due to illegalities and discrimination against the Xinka until October 2020, when the government finally agreed to accept the Xinka’s ...
Created on 12 May 2021
17. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support
(Mining and Human Rights)
... effectiveness of existing mechanisms to ensure that all Canadian corporations under its jurisdiction, in particular mining corporations, respect human rights standards when operating abroad; (b) consider ...
Created on 07 May 2021
18. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining
(Regional News)
... and journalists in Tocoa. Read news coverage based on evidence, not alarm. The roots of conflict Communities in Tocoa have persisted in organizing against the mines since 2011, when the Carlos Escaleras ...
Created on 06 May 2021
19. Reactivation of Cerro Blanco Mining Project
(Mining and Human Rights)
... Energy and Mines (MEM) a “2-year temporary closure due to technical failures and flooding”, since when no mining activities have been carried out. Yesterday (4th May) Bluestone Resources Inc. issued ...
Created on 06 May 2021
20. Philippines' Duterte lifts ban on new mining deals
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... the country's coronavirus-devastated economy. The mining industry has stagnated since 2012 when Duterte's predecessor, Benigno Aquino, imposed a moratorium on new projects following public backlash over ...
Created on 05 May 2021
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