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1. How communities in El Salvador are organizing to block mining projects: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Sandra Cuffe : Waging NonViolence Communities and organizations in northern El Salvador continue to organize referendums in an effort to keep their territories free of mining. Established by the country’s ...; Created on 05 March 2017
2. Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... arrests send thousands into despair Nayib Bukele, the authoritarian populist president who swept to power in 2019, has repeatedly blocked attempts to seek justice for civil war victims – the vast majority ...; Created on 04 April 2023
3. PRESS RELEASE: The municipal consultation on Cerro Blanco mine is valid and legitimate: (Cerro Blanco); ... acts were committed by people who are linked to the mining company and who, among other things, tried to block the work of the international observers and induce a vote in favor of the mining company in the ...; Created on 21 September 2022
4. Anglo American files lawsuit against Colombia: (ISDS); ... a figure that remained stable compared to the previous year, but the rail blockades in February and again throughout May limited supply to the maritime market. Cerrejón exported 13.6 million tons in 2020, ...; Created on 08 June 2021
5. PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya as court ruling gives mining company access to the site: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... Puya, just north of Guatemala City – set up a 24-hour a day blockade at the entrance of the Vancouver-based Radius Gold Inc. El Tambor mine. By August 2012, the Canadian company sold El Tambor to US-based ...; Created on 22 May 2021
6. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... resources by extractive industries. They submitted five requests for public consultations and held demonstrations in front of city hall. They also erected a “Camp in Defence of Water and Life” to block ...; Created on 06 May 2021
7. Philippines' Duterte lifts ban on new mining deals: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Chamber of Mines of the Philippines said the removal of the "policy roadblock" would encourage local and foreign investment. Mining projects "will provide additional government revenues in the form of ...; Created on 05 May 2021
8. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... not only to block Pacific Rim’s mine but to impose a nationwide ban on metals mining. Even as they grieved, they set aside their historical enmity with rightist parties that were linked to their own community’s ...; Created on 23 April 2021
9. Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... dispersals of a peaceful and authorized blockade of the mine, even though it has had no permit to operate since June of 2019.” Even as the Philippines’ human rights situation has steadily deteriorated, ...; Created on 25 February 2021
10. The trial for Guapinol water defender Jeremías Martínez begins today in Tegucigalpa, Honduras: (Mining and Human Rights); ... them, had become muddied. By August 1, 2018, the community established an encampment that blocked the construction of the access road. Then on October 27, 2018, more than 1,500 police officers and ...; Created on 22 February 2021
11. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... These cases are a stark reflection of the Canadian state’s methods here at home when faced with Indigenous people defending their land rights and the environment. The Wet’suwet’en blockades were met ...; Created on 21 January 2021
12. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... when poorly or hastily implemented, can affect the investments of mining investors. Environmental concerns have also led to instances of activist, local government or community "blockades" at sites. This ...; Created on 06 January 2021
13. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... to make the first eras (blocks of land separated with living barriers) and we started selling and we liked it”, said Juan. Juan explains that they were interested in organic agricultural production but ...; Created on 05 January 2021
14. 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
15. More ISDS cases launched against Latin American states amid the COVID-19 pandemic: (ISDS); ... lawyers say this constitutes expropriation and is open to ISDS claims. The future More than 600 social organizations have called on governments to block the use of ISDS in relation to COVID-19 measures, ...; Created on 01 September 2020
16. Timeline: Guatemala mine suspensions: (Regional News); ... consulted in the granting of its mining license. June 19: Protesters in the town of Casillas block the main road linking Guatemala City to the Escobal mine. July 5: The supreme court issues a provisional ...; Created on 23 July 2020
17. The state of Siege in Izabal and Alta Verapaz: shelters, poppies, and the fear of repression: (Regional News); ... has faced protests by a group of dismissed people. This type of demonstrations, for example, will now be prohibited. Blocks organized from said protests prevented the Guatemalan Nickel Company from entering ...; Created on 22 July 2020
18. In El Estor: a chain of breaches and contempt by CGN-PRONICO puts the lives of human rights defenders at risk: (Regional News); ... to the Guatemalan Constitution, the Convention has primacy over ordinary laws such as the Mining Law, since it is part of the constitutional block that governs Guatemala's internal law. Translation from: https://www.prensacomunitaria.org/en-el-estor-una-cadena-de-incumplimientos-y-desacatos-por-cgn-pronico-pone-en-riesgo-la-vida-de-las-personas-defensoras-de-la-vida/?fbclid=IwAR3Xi8biWGzQq2f_C_3PO29NZNTaOB0PGvKEQ5OtBihmf18Xo1hUjxx2Xks ...; Created on 12 June 2020
19. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... hours north of Lima, has been blockading this project given their concerns over potential contamination of their water sources and impacts on their livelihoods as successful peach farmers. Earlier talks ...; Created on 03 May 2020
20. German parlamentarians demand justice for Honduran environmental activists: (Regional News); ... a clash between a crowd of protesters who blocked the road to the mine and company security guards. According to Edy Tábora, one of the lawyers for the imprisoned activists, during the confrontation, a ...; Created on 20 April 2020

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