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21. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands: (Regional News); ... told Global Voices via text: “Water is a rusty subject similar to the pipes that occasionally serve it. The water problem is so deep that despite the street protests that took place in the past, there ...; Created on 11 September 2020
22. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); ... a licence by the government to operate in the park despite the fact that the area was protected by law. In August 2018, the people of Guapinol began to organise protests to stop the mining company’s ...; Created on 01 September 2020
23. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... and despite this, they pressured the government to repress us. That’s exactly what happened on May 23, 2014 and how they managed to operate for two years,” remarks Álvaro Sandoval, member of the Peaceful ...; Created on 24 August 2020
24. The lawyers in the Guapinol case reject denial of appeal stating that it was copied and pasted form a different resolution: (Mining and Human Rights); ... detention despite the fact that the charges they face - aggravated arson and unjust deprivation of liberty - do not require this measure. She reaffirmed this decision in November 2019 during a closed-door ...; Created on 24 August 2020
25. Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case: (Regional News); ... we are equal before the law, but in Honduras, that is not true." Despite a supplemental document that the legal team submitted to the Court of Appeals regarding the changes in the new Penal Code, and their ...; Created on 18 August 2020
26. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... the industry and continue operating despite the restrictions. Voces Desde el Territorio reviewed more than 500 notes, press releases, and mining reports that reveal that mining companies around the world ...; Created on 09 August 2020
27. The Duterte era: A state of nature under attack: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... polluted the environment and crippled the livelihood of farmers. (Photo by John Aaron Mark Macaraeg / Bulatlat) The environment, in particular, has remained under the radar despite long facing increasing ...; Created on 25 July 2020
28. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... and Developers Association of Canada and draws tens of thousands of people from around the world. This year, the event went ahead despite criticisms only a week before the World Health Organization characterized ...; Created on 23 July 2020
29. Anglo American responses to AGM queries raise more questions than they answer: (Mining and Human Rights); ... artificial channel so that later it meets the natural flow again. Despite the fact that the company affirms that this engineering work would guarantee the health of the Arroyo Bruno and the stability of ...; Created on 22 July 2020
30. Lack of a Water Law prolongs the historical crisis in the country: (Regional News); ... population. This right is non-existent, despite the fact that, since June 12, 2019, the President of the Republic Nayib Bukele has expressed the importance of presenting this water law for the benefit ...; Created on 17 June 2020
31. Arrests, harassment of environmental defenders amid COVID-19 Pandemic in the Philippines: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Gloria, there are at least 51 political prisoners previously working in environmental defense remaining in prison. This is despite the appeal of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on world governments ...; Created on 21 April 2020
32. International report finds that the Honduran government violates the rights of Tocoa's environmental defender: (Regional News); ... of the 31 criminalized defenders remain illegally detained, the rest, along with their family and friends, continue to be stigmatized and forced to live in a state of fear and anxiety. Despite the ...; Created on 20 April 2020
33. Map reveals Canadian mining company’s environmental, social conflicts: (Regional News); ... the government repeatedly signed off on the project despite protests from the Xinka indigenous community. Over the next several years, Environmental Justice Atlas said, protestors were hurt, jailed and ...; Created on 02 March 2020
34. Criminalization increases against environmental defenders and social movements of the Central American region: (Regional News); ... damage to natural assets, mainly water sources, a vital resource to guarantee the sustainable development of people. Despite the efforts of hundreds of communities and social organizations that defend ...; Created on 26 December 2019
35. Honduran Land Defenders Receive the prestigious Letelier-Moffit award in Washington: (Regional News); Pedro Cabezas While the role of the Honduran president, Juan Orlando Hernandez, in a narcotrafficking ring led by his brother, Tony Hernadez, slowly unfolded in a court of Manhattan, New York, a little ...; Created on 24 October 2019
36. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... were killed. (The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board did not respond to multiple requests for comment.) Despite mining’s lucrative impact, some communities in the Philippines are still reeling from ...; Created on 04 October 2019
37. In Guatemala, north american mining company sues in La Puya case: (Kappes Kassiday & Associates Guatemala ); ... a collective strategy of resistance against the mining operation due to environmental and water scarcity concerns in the Central American country. Despite a campaign of criminalization and defamation, ...; Created on 18 September 2019
38. The long overdue breakup: Nueva Vizcaya and Oceanagold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... on June 20. Despite the provincial government of Nueva Ecija’s restraining order, Oceanagold has pushed through with its operations. Pumihic’s organization, Didipio Earth Saver’s Movement Association ...; Created on 16 September 2019
39. Report: OceanaGold in the Philippines: (Background and reports ); ... Didipio Gold and Copper Mine (Didipio mine) in the Northern Luzon province of Nueva Vizcaya started open-pit commercial production in 2013. It continues to operate despite a suspension order issued on ...; Created on 05 September 2019
40. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... governments to do everything in their power to protect foreign investments from harm whether from state or non-state actors, and despite harm to people or the environment from such investments. The ...; Created on 03 May 2019

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