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1. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); The Conversation Giada Ferrucci Two men shot Arnold Joaquín Morazán Erazo to death in his home in Tocoa, Honduras, one night in October 2020. Morazán was an environmental activist and one of 32 people ...; Created on 06 May 2021
2. International Week of Action Free the Santa Marta 5: (Free the Santa Marta 5); ... 30 years ago. Now, like thousands of other prisoners in El Salvador, they are in grave danger of dying or being killed while awaiting an opportunity to prove their innocence. Their families and legal team ...; Created on 08 April 2023
3. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... motives behind the arrests. Furthermore, the five organizers are being prosecuted by a specialized war-crimes team set up by Bukele, raising worries that the ruling may be dictated from above for political ...; Created on 06 April 2023
4. Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... which has been widely used by the Bukele regime to lock up more than 60,000 alleged gang members since March. Rights groups fear that the community leaders, who are being held at a police station in ...; Created on 04 April 2023
5. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... or not—and even the most compelling petitions for alternative measures to avoid a lengthy pretrial detention get denied." "We are deeply concerned for the well-being of these men and the dangerous precedent ...; Created on 20 January 2023
6. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation: (Cerro Blanco); ... as it risks being too steep and wet compared to mining industry standards. An analysis of the Environmental Impact Study of the Cerro Blanco mine carried out by Dr. Steven Emerman, an expert in mining ...; Created on 22 September 2022
7. Central American mayors reject mining exploitation that affects strategic river: (Cerro Blanco); ... feeds hydroelectric plants, and supplies, after being treated, drinking water to a large part of El Salvador, where most of its extension is located. The statement is signed by Guatemalan mayors from ...; Created on 12 June 2022
8. Central American mayors reject mining exploitation that affects strategic river: (Cerro Blanco); ... feeds hydroelectric plants, and supplies, after being treated, drinking water to a large part of El Salvador, where most of its extension is located. The statement is signed by Guatemalan mayors from ...; Created on 12 June 2022
9. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... talking about the territories being given to people who have money. How does the ZEDE project affect the Garífuna people? In recent years we have been facing such strong pressure. The “Ciudades Modelo”, ...; Created on 25 December 2021
10. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... such as cyanide (a chemical that can kill a human being in quantities less than a grain of rice), mercury, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, lead, arsenic, cadmium, magnesium and other substances. According ...; Created on 14 December 2021
11. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... are devastating to the well-being of rural communities and Indigenous peoples, while allowing private corporations to sue governments over hard-fought social and environmental protections. Case in ...; Created on 07 June 2021
12. Mining is not ‘recovery’: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Consider the case of two corporations whose mining agreements are being renewed. OceanaGold’s 25 years of operation in Nueva Vizcaya has resulted in the degradation of rivers, loss of livelihood, and ...; Created on 02 June 2021
13. First Pre-Consultation Meeting with the Xinka People on the Escobal Mine: (Mining and Human Rights); ... to carry out the study. Finally, there has been much speculation about the timeline for completion of the process. However, the Xinka Parliament clarifies that, for the time being, the duration cannot ...; Created on 26 May 2021
14. To the General Public, The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya states: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... for the 21st May, 2021, at 10.30 hrs, the proceedings being accompanied by the national police (PNC), the justice of the peace of San Pedro Ayumpuc, staff of the Public Prosecutor’s office, and of the ...; Created on 23 May 2021
15. Human Rights Advocates and Legal Experts Deliver Blueprint for New International Corporate Accountability Law in Canada: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Similar laws are in place or being developed in several countries. Canada, however, is falling behind. Instead of legally requiring companies to respect human rights and the environment, Canada encourages ...; Created on 21 May 2021
16. Community and environmental concerns not “pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s business: (Mining and Human Rights); ... regarding the wellbeing of communities living near the Quiruvilca, La Colorada, Escobal and La Navidad projects. For Pan American Silver, community concerns are not “pertinent”. Ironically, the bulk ...; Created on 17 May 2021
17. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... that being associated with the Government of Canada abroad brings.” The Liberals also seem happy to rubber-stamp Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (FIPAs), which are designed to ...; Created on 07 May 2021
18. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... societies with legal permission to exploit mining resources, often with little oversight by the State. The point being that Glencore is legally allowed to sign contracts with mining cooperatives to work ...; Created on 22 April 2021
19. Australian-Canadian mining company OceanaGold misleads public on Filipino mine: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... opposition and, instead of engaging broadly with the community, has committed serious human rights violations,” Morrison said. “ANCoMP is concerned that OceanaGold’s misleading statements are being used ...; Created on 22 April 2021
20. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... activist upon hearing, in an initially tense meeting with the water defenders, that cyanide was being used to extract gold dust from the mountains. “Unbeknown to the water defenders,” Broad and Cavanagh ...; Created on 11 April 2021

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