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21. Application of Convention NO. 169 by Domestic and International Courts in Latin America: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... peoples. This is a compilation of judicial decisions that have relied on ILO Convention No. 169 in ten Latin American countries. The information provided in this Casebook will be useful for judges, lawyers ...; Created on 23 April 2016
22. Metals mining and Sustainable Development in Central America: An Assessment of benefits and costs: (General mining reports ); Oxfam This assessment conducted by Oxfam discusses the social, environmental and economic costs of metals mining in Central America. The prices of metals are very unstable and mining practices produce ...; Created on 23 April 2016
23. Myth and Realities of Mining Central America: (General mining reports ); Caritas El Salvador This article discusses four myths that are told by the mining industry in order to justify their activities in Central America. First, that the current technologies used in mining ...; Created on 23 April 2016
24. The Economics of Climate Change in Central America: Summary 2009: (General Environment Backrounders); UKaid 2009 The evidence is clear that greenhouse gases from anthropogenic activities are causing dramatic changes in the global climate. Central America is very vulnerable to these changes because of ...; Created on 23 April 2016
25. STATEMENT ON THE INCURSION OF THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA: (Media Releases); ... of the Central American territory, as such we express to the national and international public opinion. Extractive industries are transnational corporations working in collusion with governments and ...; Created on 18 December 2013
26. Central American anti-mining activists form coalition in Nicaragua: (2013 North America Tour); Translated from: http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/nacionales/304281-opositores-a-mineria-centroamerica-formar-coalicion-nicaragua Acan-Efe News Three dozen non-governmental organizations that oppose ...; Created on 08 December 2013
27. Mining multinationals exploit Central America: (Water no Gold); By: Patrick Weiniger Patrick Weiniger First published in: http://redflag.org.au/article/mining-multinationals-exploit-central-america El Salvadoran anti-mining campaigner Vidalina Morales recently ...; Created on 03 December 2013
28. Central American community groups work together on mining issues: (March 2013 North American Tour); ... experience is the one to which people in Central America who are concerned about mining always point. Honduras, governed since a 2009 military coup by business-oriented elites, is creating special development ...; Created on 18 March 2013
29. The Perils of Free Trade in the Americas: (FTAs & ISDS); Pacific Rim v. El Salvador and the Perils of Free Trade in the Americas Council on Hemispheric Affairs Research Associate Krista Scheffey July 30, 2010. In 2005, then-Senator Barack Obama published ...; Created on 29 February 2012
30. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... still missing. OFRANEH has denounced the situation that the Garífuna people of Honduras are experiencing before various international bodies. In 2015, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) ...; Created on 25 December 2021
31. PRESS RELESE: Environmental Organizations Dennounce Privatization of Water in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... Alliance against the Privatization of Water, the Roundtable of Churches in El Salvador and the Central American University state the following: The Law continues to harm the rural and urban Community ...; Created on 23 December 2021
32. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... to an Oxfam America study, Dirty Metals, "When it comes to toxic emissions, metal mining is one of the leading industries." Given this reality, broad based social coalitions, together with the Catholic ...; Created on 14 December 2021
33. Peru miners fall amid uncertainty over tight presidential election: (Mining and Human Rights); Minería Panamericana Peruvian mining companies were among the hardest hit in a broad wave of sales driven by the close presidential race in which Pedro Castillo (Peru Libre), the rural school teacher ...; Created on 08 June 2021
34. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... such as the Central America–Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), which have been imposed on Guatemalans. This framework favors the development of large-scale mining and energy projects that ...; Created on 07 June 2021
35. First Pre-Consultation Meeting with the Xinka People on the Escobal Mine: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Council of San Rafael Las Flores attended the meeting. In addition, delegates from the Environment and Indigenous People’s offices of the Human Rights Ombudsman (PDH), and the directors of Pan American ...; Created on 26 May 2021
36. Imai v. Canada: Access-to-information lawsuit concerning Canada’s intervention in human rights case against Goldcorp in Guatemala: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of American States’ human rights commission called for a suspension of operations at the company’s Marlin mine in 2010. The Guatemalan government ultimately denied the commission’s request, which was meant ...; Created on 11 May 2021
37. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Americas Gold and Silver Corporation for their disregard of Mexican labor laws. Mexican activists accuse the Toronto-based company of preventing its workers from unionizing at the company mine in northern ...; Created on 07 May 2021
38. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... access to the mine. View of the Camp in Defense of Water and Life View of the Camp in Defence of Water and Life. (ACAFREMIN: Central American Alliance Against Mining) The government response to the protesters ...; Created on 06 May 2021
39. Reactivation of Cerro Blanco Mining Project: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Colectivo Madre Selva, alongside other Central America organisations, have put out a release, in Spanish, denouncing the open pit mine and you can read this here, Digamos No A La Mina Cerro Blanco. Some ...; Created on 06 May 2021
40. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of Salvadorans to oppose mining, including more than 3 out of 5 consulted in a 2007 University of Central America poll. The most shocking ordeal faced by the water defenders was Rivera’s gruesome murder. ...; Created on 23 April 2021

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