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21. REPORT: Voices from the Ground: (General mining reports ); How the Global Mining Industry is Profiting from the COVID-19 Pandemic This report provides in-depth cases to exemplify the four trends highlighted in the international open letter “Global Solidarity ...; Created on 19 July 2020
22. World Environment Day with nothing to celebrate: (Regional News); ... region of San Salvador, an important aquifer recharge area is being eliminated to build an urban complex called Valle El Ángel. Meanwhile, the Salvadoran state is still being indifferent to it”. Similarly, ...; Created on 06 June 2020
23. PRESS RELEASE: Citizen´s proposal for a general water law in El Salvador: (Water Crisis El Salvador); San Salvador, February 6th, 2020 The different sectors of civil society and the popular organizations hereby represented recognize water as a source of life and a public good, whose access constitutes ...; Created on 20 April 2020
24. Civil society presents a proposal for the Water Law in the Legislative Assembly: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... that with the presentation of this improved legal proposal they marked history, because different sectors of society have managed to unify in defense of water resources. For her part, Tati Oliva, representative ...; Created on 20 April 2020
25. Honouring the struggle of Mariano Abarca and Environment Defenders in Chiapas: (Regional News); ... yes because I can see many people here who see things differently and who are doing things differently.” Ten years since Mariano was murdered, there are even more proposed mega-projects in Chiapas, more ...; Created on 26 December 2019
26. Social Organizations demand compliance with the Prohibition of Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... for transforming the economic activities of artisanal miners (güiriceros). Finally, the organizations requested the drafting of regulations to apply the Law of Prohibition of Metallic Mining through different ...; Created on 26 December 2019
27. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... largely on their own. Simongo continues to hold onto hope that the Duterte government will not renew the OceanaGold licence. “We believe that by approaching different embassies, and our supporters, they ...; Created on 04 October 2019
28. Oceanagold’s wealth is misery for Kasibu farmers: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... green leaves that once covered the Mount Dinkiday were now gray rocks clouded not by misty air but by dust and smoke coming from gigantic trucks transporting gravel and equipment from different quarries. ...; Created on 16 September 2019
29. Mining Grabs Up Land, Deals Blow to Agriculture in Central America: (Background and reports ); ... people in 2007, and since then local residents in different villages scattered throughout this municipality and nearby areas have been organised to bring its operations to a halt. "Water, apart from ...; Created on 07 May 2019
30. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it: (FTAs & ISDS); ... story is different. Canada is still part of dozens of economic agreements that include the ISDS system. As our new report, Digging for Dividends,shows, Canadian investors have frequently used the ISDS ...; Created on 05 May 2019
31. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... it in wildly different ways without regard for diverse histories, cultures, and value systems. Full Protection and Securitywas invoked in about one third of the cases. This concept imposes a duty on ...; Created on 03 May 2019
32. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala: (Cerro Blanco); ... "There are suspicions that it is not the same company that started the project, it is a different one, but people are not well informed, there are colleagues who say that another company wants to buy ...; Created on 03 May 2019
33. Water 2.0 - Salvadoreans take to the streets to battle renewed attempts to privatize water resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... elected to the executive in 2009. The new Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources produced a hybrid bill informed by the different law proposals presented by environmental organizations and ...; Created on 24 June 2018
34. “Latin American Countries exposed to law suits from transnational comporations: Manuel Pérez Rocha: (Regional News); ... different countries. We have this regionally-based strategy to exchange information, experiences and debates. Thus, our campaign works as a broader space where solidarity is deepened along with the support ...; Created on 10 May 2018
35. Central Americans Demand to be Consulted About Mining Projects: (Regional News); ... of Quiche in northwestern Guatemala. In Honduras more than 40 open town meetings have been held in which the population of different localities has rejected similar projects, said Pedro Landa, of the Reflection, ...; Created on 09 May 2018
36. The dilemma of artisanal miners after the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Commerce Group); ... been producing gold since 1904 under different modes of ownership. The latest venture was led by Milwaukee based company Commerce Group which exploited the mine on and off between 1985 and 2006. The company ...; Created on 07 May 2018
37. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... a victory and showed that there are foundations to fight. It felt almost like they were in war—in a different one than the civil war, but still fighting for their lives. Their resiliency was so amazing, ...; Created on 07 May 2018
38. Looming threats to the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... to about 10 different foreign companies based mainly in Canada, the United States and Australia. The mining program was a part of wider economic development strategy, concocted in the board rooms of the ...; Created on 08 February 2018
39. A Binding Treaty about corporations can be an instrument to guarantee the respect of our rights and territories: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... this context, based on the position assumed by the Church, it is important to address the most urgent necessities that affect the communities and different sectors. Because of this, the Network is supporting ...; Created on 14 November 2017
40. Cross border mining will be the next phase of the anti-mining struggle in El Salvador: (Cerro Blanco); ... topic was discussed with members of different communities while discussing economic alternatives and social alliances facing the threat of extractive industries in countries with shared borders. Sister ...; Created on 14 November 2017

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