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21. US mining company demands $3.5 billion dollars from the Mexican government for stopping project: (FTAs & ISDS); ... Gulf of Ulloa, in the municipality of Comondú, where there has been a fishing ban since 2014 to protect loggerhead turtles. The company would apply a mining technique that has never been tested, which ...; Created on 24 September 2019
22. The long overdue breakup: Nueva Vizcaya and Oceanagold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... years, Oceanagold was like a never-ending storm that has lashed at us,” Dumang said. Cracks could be seen all over her house, caused by Oceanagold’s blasting operation. “We couldn’t do anything because ...; Created on 16 September 2019
23. Letter of support for defenders of "La Puya" ...: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... their December 19, 2018 press release, the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya also clarifies that the company never obtained a valid construction license. We join in solidarity with the residents of San ...; Created on 26 February 2019
24. More than one hundred organizations reject the unjust payment of USD $31 million to Canadian mining company Bear Creek: (Regional News); ... Apart from the fact that they [the company] has violated collective rights and the constitution, now the company wants to be paid? We will never allow that. The people will have to rise up once more and ...; Created on 16 September 2018
25. Criminalisation brought to new extremes in case of Aymara indigenous communities in Peru: (Regional News); ... The sentence was ratified by the courts in December 2017 and an arrest warrant was issued for Aduviri. He has been in hiding since then, maintainingthat prosecutors never showed sufficient evidence ...; Created on 28 August 2018
26. Rural Communities’ Struggle Against US-Owned Mine Continues in Guatemalan Supreme Court: (Regional News); ... Rim a permit to exploit the gold reserve at the El Dorado mine. The government of El Salvador also weighed the idea of banning all mining within the country. But this ban was never passed. In response, ...; Created on 27 August 2018
27. Central Americans Demand to be Consulted About Mining Projects: (Regional News); ... countries, not only with mining companies but also with hydroelectric power companies. “It’s not fair, and the worst thing is that they never asked us if we wanted these companies to come here,” Dávila ...; Created on 09 May 2018
28. Church in El Salvador backs law declaring clean, affordable water as a human right: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... to potable water. Taxi driver Roberto Díaz is reminded of water’s scarcity every day. In a compact house made of concrete in San Salvador, Mr. Díaz rushes to fill his cistern whenever water falls from ...; Created on 08 May 2018
29. Duterte's new warning to mining companie: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... plantation, never mind reforestation. A vast majority of trees were either dead, dying, or too small to survive. OceanaGold is obligated by its mining agreement with the government not only to plant ...; Created on 08 May 2018
30. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Some community leaders continued to promote the mine but most people had made up their minds against it. ‘We created a communication of resistance, an activist communication. The company never imagined ...; Created on 07 May 2018
31. Looming threats to the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... our government institutions to generate sustainable economic activities in the region so those toxic companies never come back” Said Domingo Miranda, president of the La Maraña Environmental Association. ...; Created on 08 February 2018
32. Latin American Women Weaving Territories: (Media Releases); ... and the triumph of individualism over the common interest, threaten as never before the sustainability of the life of the world population. In our case, as peasant and indigenous women, we are exposed ...; Created on 01 February 2018
33. Open letter to Oceana Gold: (Open Letter OceanaGold); ... settlement provisions of international trade agreements and foreign investment laws. This case dragged on for seven years and should never have taken place. Given this ruling, we support our allies in ...; Created on 30 November 2017
34. In Mining-Affected Communities, Water Is Becoming More Precious Than Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) finally issued its ruling, finding that the company, as Salvadorans have long known, never met El Salvador’s regulatory requirements to obtain a mining permit. ...; Created on 26 June 2017
35. How Local, Grassroots Organizing Drove El Salvador’s Mining Ban: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... are farmers who have never seen the effects of a mining project first hand. To create an initial support base, local organizations such as ARDM (the Association for the Reconstruction and Municipal Development ...; Created on 26 June 2017
36. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... rights have at least equal standing to (if not priority over) so-called “corporate rights.” Some larger countries, such as Brazil, have never joined this tribunal system, and others are withdrawing or ...; Created on 26 June 2017
37. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... followed a few months later. The campaign holds a number of lessons – particularly with regard to how we can connect local and global struggles effectively. Narratives and Messaging We should never underestimate ...; Created on 23 June 2017
38. PRESS RELEASE: OceanaGold, “the gold mining company of choice”? Not in El Salvador or the Philippines: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... was ordered suspended. The company appealed the decision and continued to operate the mine. “If they rely on the company’s corporate presentations, investors would never realize the breadth of discontent ...; Created on 23 June 2017
39. How communities in El Salvador are organizing to block mining projects: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... to gather signatures from 40 percent of registered voters. On the books for years, the mechanism had never been used, but it now plays an important strategic role in the country’s movement against metallic ...; Created on 05 March 2017
40. In El Salvador, OceanaGold Must ‘Pay Up and Pack Up’: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Rim Mining never met the legal requirements under El Salvador’s mining law to obtain a permit to exploit gold and must pay the Central American country US$8 million towards its legal costs. Vancouver-based ...; Created on 03 March 2017

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