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21. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... A UN working group recently ruled that the the detention of the eight defenders is arbitrary. The defenders have since launched legal action, and Blanca Izaguirre, the country’s human rights ombudsperson ...; Created on 06 May 2021
22. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... interests in South America include the mining of coal in Colombia and new international actions about this; high levels of conflict at Glencore operations; repression, human rights violations and children ...; Created on 22 April 2021
23. Australian-Canadian mining company OceanaGold misleads public on Filipino mine: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... the land,” Morrison said. “When OceanaGold’s FTAA expired in June 2019, community groups and local and provincial governments took action, including a legally sanctioned barricade, forcing OceanaGold ...; Created on 22 April 2021
24. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the Salvadoran government nearly $13 million in legal fees and expenses—to rule against the mine. The ICSID based its ruling on the very legal issue that Barrera had pointed out during a National Action ...; Created on 11 April 2021
25. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... in cash, instead of $5 million as initially proposed by the state. The Sierra Club’s action followed a series by The State on the environmental impacts of gold-mining in Montana and South Carolina. Chris ...; Created on 30 March 2021
26. Ottawa must disclose how it aided Goldcorp in human rights dispute, Federal Court will hear: (Mining and Human Rights); ... several civil society organizations. It asks the court to order Global Affairs Canada to remove the redactions on 20 pages of documents the department disclosed in response to an access-to-information ...; Created on 02 March 2021
27. US Senators introduce bill to tackle corruption & rights violations in Honduras - cite Guapinol case: (Mining and Human Rights); ... to flee their communities in search of safety. We need a comprehensive plan of action, including sanctions, and halting the provision of U.S. security assistance and defense equipment to the Honduran police ...; Created on 23 February 2021
28. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... ventures, including urban development and resource extraction. Government promises of fantastical new city projects that would build a “Honduran Hong Kong” appeared to be smoke and mirrors, as behind ...; Created on 15 February 2021
29. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town: (OceanaGold); ... most recent enforcement action, the Haile Gold Mine and a contract laboratory have been fined nearly $128,000 for violating environmental rules in recent months. In September, DHEC announced it had fined ...; Created on 12 February 2021
30. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... resource extraction system that devastates environments and communities in the Global South and suppresses popular resistance through violence and coercion. Canadian Mining Operations In Peru Canadian ...; Created on 21 January 2021
31. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... May 22, 2020) 2. COVID-19-Related Claims Given the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic and the drastic measures that have ensued, there are fears that the actions taken by states to control the spread of ...; Created on 21 January 2021
32. NEW BOOK: The water defenders - how ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... that ravaged their community and polluted their water is one of the most inspiring I have read in many years. A blueprint for further global action and a lesson about how to enlist an array of unlikely ...; Created on 14 January 2021
33. Vizcaya gov still opposes Didipio: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... the local governments from the barangay to the province, put barricades up in July 2019 to prevent the company from operating after its FTAA expired. The action was instrumental in forcing the company ...; Created on 08 January 2021
34. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... the protection of an investment treaty, an "investor" must establish that it has an "investment" in the host state pursuant to the definitions in the relevant investment treaty. Not every government action ...; Created on 06 January 2021
35. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... minerals. Article 2 of the Law prohibiting metallic mining established that the Salvadoran State should carry out actions of support, advice, technical and financial assistance for those who engaged ...; Created on 05 January 2021
36. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... Canada Agreement (USMCA) signed over a year ago, as well as numerous cases and actions still arising from the Odebrecht scandal that became public back in 2016, to the conclusion of treaties departing ...; Created on 19 December 2020
37. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); ... New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern don’t follow it up with meaningful action, often supporting practices that threaten the environment, worsen climate change, and make environmental rehabilitation ...; Created on 17 December 2020
38. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... situations in various places and motivating people to undertake street actions demanding truly equitable and high quality water distribution. As time passed and the water distribution situation grew ...; Created on 01 December 2020
39. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... state authorities. Carrizalillo’s losses: A lesson to others Equinox Gold’s refusal to accept responsibility for its actions is not uncommon in the mining industry. Mining executives love to talk ad ...; Created on 28 November 2020
40. Anti-mining community, Gina Lopez awarded as heroes for the environment: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... against the destructive mining in our country. They are at the forefront of the people’s barricade. They spearheaded the many mass actions that registered their and our opposition to the renewal of the ...; Created on 07 October 2020

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