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1. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... in the case of Rio Blanco, despite local opposition and all the irregularities, that an Ecuadorian official responded to the Chinese firm´s threat of arbitration expressing willingness to enter into a ...; Created on 03 May 2020
2. OceanaGold announces it will stay in El Salvador despite prohibition: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); P. Cabezas Members of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining demanded the immediate removal of Australian/Canadian OceanaGold mining company of El Salvador after the Attorney General's Office ...; Created on 27 July 2017
3. International Week of Action Free the Santa Marta 5: (Free the Santa Marta 5); ... the law. Despite the president’s popularity, mostly due to his hard-line approach to gangs and crime, the Salvadoran economy is failing and the government is in desperate need to attract foreign investment. In ...; Created on 08 April 2023
4. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the historic mining ban—despite environmental concerns and the Central American country's ongoing water issues due to the climate emergency and pollution. "Among El Salvador's greatest heroes of this century ...; Created on 20 January 2023
5. PRESS RELESE: Environmental Organizations Dennounce Privatization of Water in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... in the country. It does not develop a sustainable watershed management system at the national level, nor it establishes measures aimed at the protection and conservation of the Lempa River. Despite the ...; Created on 23 December 2021
6. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... to responsibly analyze the high costs of metallic mining and exercise its right to say “No". Nevertheless, despite El Salvador's environmental vulnerability, the clear threat posed by metal mining and the ...; Created on 14 December 2021
7. La Mesa releases a memoir of their collective struggle to ban mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Despite of the success of the campaign and the fact that the mining prohibition has been in force for the last four years, La Mesa affirms that there has been no commitment on the part of the Salvadoran ...; Created on 29 June 2021
8. First Pre-Consultation Meeting with the Xinka People on the Escobal Mine: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Despite this, the Xinka people have not given up. The vindication of our rights has not been easy because public officials of four previous governments have denied their existence, in order to justify ...; Created on 26 May 2021
9. Scientists, fishers say new mining deals to cause more damage than good: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... 1.02% in the past 20 years, despite growing its gross value added from P54.5 billion ($1.14 billion) to P136.9 billion ($2.9 billion). Environmental disasters, rights violations Leon Dulce, national ...; Created on 24 May 2021
10. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... “There’s a disconnect between what companies are telling their shareholders and investors, others in industry, and what’s actually happening on the ground,” said Lang. Despite companies’ loud declarations ...; Created on 12 May 2021
11. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... assassination. Events lent credibility to their suspicions: In the months after the murder, activists were flooded with death threats and two other mining opponents were gunned down. Despite the brutality ...; Created on 23 April 2021
12. Australian-Canadian mining company OceanaGold misleads public on Filipino mine: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... and Indigenous people, Morrison said on April 16, because “OceanaGold has been found to have committed serious human rights violations”. OceanaGold started mining in Didipio in 2013, despite opposition ...; Created on 22 April 2021
13. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption: (OceanaGold); ... few miles down the road. Despite concerns about its environmental record, mine worker Joey Byrd said at the hearing that Haile runs a safe operation and is an asset to rural Lancaster County. “Haile ...; Created on 02 April 2021
14. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... 7 days of the Rule’s passing. Resident Status and Likelihood of Exclusion Despite a rhetoric of freedom and choice, ZEDE residency is likely to be restricted, even among Honduran citizens. New residents ...; Created on 15 February 2021
15. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town: (OceanaGold); ... equipment to control air pollution discharges, records show. Despite assurances from DHEC and OceanaGold, Powers Norrell said she worries about the long-term impacts of mining. Two abandoned gold mines ...; Created on 12 February 2021
16. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of the communities. Despite the fact that Carmelo lost the opportunity of having a job in the mining company, his life in agriculture would change in the following years. Alternatives to metal mining ...; Created on 05 January 2021
17. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Kaliwa Dam resume operations despite the lockdown. Mining in ancestral lands is now the key economic driver in Amazonian countries as the price of gold rises in time of the pandemic. An estimate of 1.5 ...; Created on 17 December 2020
18. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... Despite the 2013 success in combating the pressure, former U.S. Ambassador Mari Carmen Aponte later insisted on reforms to the new law. Near the end of 2017, the Legislative Assembly approved reforms to ...; Created on 01 December 2020
19. Anti-mining community, Gina Lopez awarded as heroes for the environment: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... barricade against Australian-Canadian mining company Oceanagold, which continued to operate despite its expired permit. The organization, tied up with multiple environment organizations, LGU, provincial ...; Created on 07 October 2020
20. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... in power despite multiple allegations of corruption, electoral fraud and links to international drug trafficking networks. Since then, hundreds of defenders have been killed, and many others silenced ...; Created on 07 October 2020

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