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1. PRESS RELEASE: Mesa condemns attempted murder: (Media Releases); The National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining condemns attempted murder against leader of the anti-mining movement in El Salvador. The member organizations of the National Roundtable Against Metallic ...; Created on 09 October 2013
2. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... violence, intimidation, and threats, including an attempted murder. A number of them were also subject to drawn-out cases of legal persecution that have been criticized for failing to follow due process ...; Created on 07 June 2021
3. Community and environmental concerns not “pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s business: (Mining and Human Rights); ... in the context of the consultation that worsens social division. This is evidenced by a rise in violent attacks against participants in the consultation process, including an attempted assassination against ...; Created on 17 May 2021
4. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Gold mining uses toxic chemicals like cyanide that poison water. But a global mining company attempted to buy public support by launching flashy PR campaigns, funding local projects, and hiring expensive ...; Created on 28 March 2021
5. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... has been polluted. In 2018, right wing parties in the Environmental Commission of the Legislative Assembly attempted to fast track a pro-privatization law called the Comprehensive Water Act. These attempts ...; Created on 01 December 2020
6. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... located. Ejido members condemned their presence as an attempt by the company to provoke a confrontation rather than seek respectful talks. More recently, the company’s CEO, Christian Milau, has attempted ...; Created on 28 November 2020
7. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... to oppose the project was met with violence. On 7 September 2018, one young protester was shot and seriously injured when scores of armed security guards working for the mine attempted to evict the camp. ...; Created on 07 October 2020
8. 5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras: (Regional News); ... out of his bed. They then proceeded to go to the houses of the other Garífuna leaders, smashing doors and windows and physically assaulting relatives who attempted to stop the kidnappings. Alberth Centeno, ...; Created on 03 September 2020
9. Mining Grabs Up Land, Deals Blow to Agriculture in Central America: (Background and reports ); ... IPS attempted to get comments from both Tahoe Resources and Pan American Silver with respect to the criticism by San Rafael Las Flores residents against the mine, but had received no reply by the time ...; Created on 07 May 2019
10. From Mining to Water: 25 years of Community Solidarity and Organizing: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... demand is “no to the privatization of water” and no to the incorporation of ANEP in the regulating body. A Community performance enacting the attempted privatization of water by ANEP. (Photo ...; Created on 24 August 2018
11. Cross border mining will be the next phase of the anti-mining struggle in El Salvador: (Cerro Blanco); ... with other communities, the full participation of the community, unity and the accompaniment of the Catholic Church. "We have been accompanying the community for 31 years. When companies attempted to enter ...; Created on 14 November 2017
12. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of 2016. We also learned that in the final months, the mining company (now OceanaGold, the Canadian/Australian company that purchased Pac Rim Cayman and thus its lawsuit against El Salvador) attempted ...; Created on 26 June 2017
13. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... While Pacific Rim-Oceana Gold and mining proponents predictably attempted to frame the issue as an economic one – “it’s a no-brainer for such a resource-strapped government to cash-in on its underground ...; Created on 23 June 2017
14. El Salvador Votes for Water over Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... OceanaGold and its subsidiaries in El Salvador have consistently attempted to slow the bill’s progress and sought to gain support for their so-called “Responsible Mining” campaign. The company launched ...; Created on 16 April 2017
15. Pressure Grows on Mining Giant to Pay $8 Million to El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... on its future profits and attempted to increase the lawsuit against the country to US$301 million — equivalent to three years of El Salvador’s public spending on health, education and public security combined. ...; Created on 05 March 2017
16. PRESS RELEASE: Permanent Alert against Metallic Mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... people, as they have done throughout the 7 years that the legal process has lasted. The company has even attempted, at the end of the process, to negotiate with the Government. After the ruling, the ...; Created on 04 January 2017
17. CAFTA Investor Rights Undermining Democracy and the Environment: Pacific Rim Mining Case: (OceanaGold/Pacific Rim); Public Citizen Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is a Canadian-based firm attempted to establish a gold mine in the River Lempa basin, El Salvador’s largest river. This generated a large debate about the health ...; Created on 30 April 2016
18. Justice delayed: Environmentalists assassinated in Cabañas remembered: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... an attempted murder at his “safe” house in the town of Ilobasco; and more recently, activists from the Cabañas Environmental Committee publicly denounced death threats received by their members. All these ...; Created on 07 January 2016
19. Urgent! Strengthening a powerful global voice in defence of life: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... in the place. Going back to the community, we attempted to coordinate a meeting to share experiences between those visiting and leaders of the community. We meet with leaders of two organizations that ...; Created on 29 September 2015
20. Murdered environmental activists remembered: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Guevara survived an attempted murder at his “safe” house in the town of Ilobasco. Potential link to Pacific Rim This past year the case of the murdered environmentalists was again in the news ...; Created on 30 December 2014

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