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21. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... been brought by companies against states primarily in South America and Africa, but also in Central America, North America, Europe, and Asia. We anticipate that the number of claims brought by mining ...; Created on 06 January 2021
22. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); * Angélica Cárcamo / Norma Ramírez - ARPAS In 2000, the Pacific Rim mining company intended to employ 450 families in the Department of Cabañas, north of El Salvador. Although the mining project was ...; Created on 05 January 2021
23. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... strengthening its commitment to ISDS. The United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement (USMCA) finally entered into force in July 2020. The USMCA succeeds the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and ...; Created on 19 December 2020
24. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... people in Sikkim, North East India. The $ 700 million Papar Dam in Sabah, Malaysia remains a threat to indigenous communities of Papar and Penampang. In the Philippines, contractors of the $ 250 million China-funded ...; Created on 17 December 2020
25. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); ... mining giant is preemptively ramping up its operations in and around protected land on New Zealand’s North Island, local conservationists and residents say. Waihi, a town of nearly 6,000, sits at the ...; Created on 17 December 2020
26. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... kilometres north of Los Filos in Guerrero state, as well as others elsewhere in the country, as industrial mines in Mexico have become targets for extortion by organized crime, often in collusion with ...; Created on 28 November 2020
27. The hidden connection between a US steel company and the controversial Los Pinares mine in Honduras: (Regional News); ... planned mine in the Carlos Escaleras National Park, in the northern part of this Central American nation. The conflict has left a wake of people dead, injured and imprisoned. According to public records ...; Created on 28 November 2020
28. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); Nina Lakhani The Guardian The Guapinol community, on the country’s north coast, has become militarized in an effort to defend the river that supplies it. Gabriela Sorto has not seen or spoken to ...; Created on 07 October 2020
29. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... past two years, 31 people from the municipality of Tocoa, on the lush north shore of Honduras, have faced criminal prosecution as a result of their opposition to an iron ore mining project in the Botaderos ...; Created on 25 September 2020
30. 5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras: (Regional News); ... been present in the region for the 223 years since. In the 1800s we created 46 Garífuna communities, mostly locating ourselves in the country’s northern coastal area, where we maintain our cultural wealth. ...; Created on 03 September 2020
31. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Honduras. The sign in the background says "Guapinol is resisting". Photo: Giulia Vuillermoz Early in 2018, the crystalline Guapinol River that runs through Carlos Escaleras Mejia National Park, in northern ...; Created on 01 September 2020
32. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... declared to be in a position to start operations since last May 17. Aerial view of a mine in northern Mexico. Carrizalillo, an example of what happens in the mines Since the opening, the number ...; Created on 09 August 2020
33. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... also taken advantage of the pandemic to try to push forward with unwanted activities, including in other parts of Ecuador, Argentina, Mexico, the Philippines, and Northern Ireland. This poses a risk to ...; Created on 23 July 2020
34. The state of Siege in Izabal and Alta Verapaz: shelters, poppies, and the fear of repression: (Regional News); Jody García - Nómada In the three days of the state of siege in five municipalities in the north-east of Guatemala, actions have already been filed in the Constitutional Court. The intent of these actions ...; Created on 22 July 2020
35. Social organizations reject militarization in five municipalities of Guatemala: (Regional News); ... to exploit the land strategically for mining, hydroelectric, and monocultures in the northern areas of the country are the ones pushing for the approval of the state of siege," explained the environmentalist. ...; Created on 20 July 2020
36. World Environment Day with nothing to celebrate: (Regional News); ... evident in the low budget granted to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources while keeping a low profile towards the destruction of ecosystems of incalculable natural value. “In the northern ...; Created on 06 June 2020
37. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); ... Regimes in North America If the USCMA is ratified in Canada, the North American region will have not one but three distinct investment protection regimes. a system for the United States and Canada, ...; Created on 03 May 2020
38. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... against a gold mining project that threatens to pollute or dry up already scarce water supplies in an area just north of Guatemala City. Day after day, since March 2012, community members have rotated ...; Created on 03 May 2020
39. German parlamentarians demand justice for Honduran environmental activists: (Regional News); ... of the Guapinol community in the north of the country and Inversiones Los Pinares, a mining company, is prototypical for the situation in Honduras. For years, the community has been fighting against the ...; Created on 20 April 2020
40. Honduran Land Defenders Receive the prestigious Letelier-Moffit award in Washington: (Regional News); ... known group of environmental activists from Tocoa, a remote city in the northern Atlantic coast of Honduras, were awarded the prestigious Letelier-Moffit Human Rights Award in a packed ceremony held in ...; Created on 24 October 2019

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