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21. What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... in the world to ban mining to save its precious rivers. Their battle cries: “Water, not gold” and “Water for life.” In the process of their 13-year fight, these water defenders organized a national coalition ...; Created on 05 April 2021
22. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... their water from polluting corporations. In our travels, we’ve seen these fights up close — they’re harrowing, but also inspiring. As we in the United States face similar struggles, we might take some ...; Created on 28 March 2021
23. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... government has never given us anything that we didn’t fight for. She gave everything for this community. She’s the reason me and my family are so firm.” Venessa’s community is located between two tourism ...; Created on 15 February 2021
24. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... in Canada continue to hear cases relating to abuses from Canadian companies overseas, it would be a start, but far from enough. It’s expensive to fight a court case, never mind against a multi-million ...; Created on 21 January 2021
25. NEW BOOK: The water defenders - how ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... from multinational mining company Pac Rim appeared in their home province of Cabañas. This ignited a people’s fight against corporate power that would last for over a decade. In The Water Defenders: How ...; Created on 14 January 2021
26. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... for families in the Cabañas area, their main commitment is agroecology. “We are in this effort and we are going to continue, indeed, who does not eat? we eat everything and, therefore, we must fight ...; Created on 05 January 2021
27. Honduran justice denies defenders of the Guapinol river to wait for their trial in freedom: (Regional News); ... the application of selective justice that, on the one hand, promotes impunity in sectors linked to power and on the other hand, it is cruel against those who fight for the defense of the territories against ...; Created on 28 December 2020
28. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); Jen Moore | Canadian Dimension As gold prices soar to record levels, the Los Filos gold mine in Mexico, one of the country’s largest, has sat idle since early September after its owner, Vancouver-based ...; Created on 28 November 2020
29. Anti-mining community, Gina Lopez awarded as heroes for the environment: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Other awardees A posthumous award was also given to Roberto “Obet” Verzola for being “a champion of sustainable agriculture and safe and clean energy.” Verzola was at the forefront in the fight against ...; Created on 07 October 2020
30. Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Tohti, an Uyghur economist fighting for the rights of China’s Uyghur minority. Nominations for the Sakharov Prize can be made by political groups and/or groups of at least 40 MEPs. The democratic opposition ...; Created on 29 September 2020
31. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); ... They wanted proper consultation and to protect their river – a vital source of freshwater for the community. Against this backdrop, land and environmental activists continue to fight against the mining ...; Created on 01 September 2020
32. More ISDS cases launched against Latin American states amid the COVID-19 pandemic: (ISDS); ... when it has to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.” A US judge in the District of Columbia rejected Guatemala’s request. Bolivia While coping with the COVID-19 pandemic, Bolivia continues to fight four ...; Created on 01 September 2020
33. Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case: (Regional News); ... case is emblematic for all those who are fighting to guarantee their rights against extractive projects in their territories". For the eight defenders already in pretrial detention, Magistrates María Luisa ...; Created on 18 August 2020
34. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the Honduran state to exterminate the Garífuna community. … It’s important to understand that this pressure, this repression and everything we are facing is because we are a community in constant fight ...; Created on 17 August 2020
35. The Duterte era: A state of nature under attack: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... times when nature—and its defenders—are clearly under attack, on this eleventh hour of planetary emergency, climate crisis, and the sixth mass extinction event. If we do not fight back, no one will be ...; Created on 25 July 2020
36. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... fighting to protect community health and water from negative mining impacts — are facing new threats. These trends are laid out in a global solidarity statement released June 2 and signed by over 300 ...; Created on 23 July 2020
37. The state of Siege in Izabal and Alta Verapaz: shelters, poppies, and the fear of repression: (Regional News); ... is to stop the state of siege due to concerns about abuses against the resisting communities. Guatemalan Governance is signaling milestones in the fight against drug trafficking. Sunday, July 19th, Government ...; Created on 22 July 2020
38. Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... that the struggle and the legacy of Marcelo has transcended beyond the borders of the town of San Isidro in the many that have made our struggle their struggle. We fight not only for the vindication ...; Created on 15 July 2020
39. Lack of a Water Law prolongs the historical crisis in the country: (Regional News); ... resource. The National Alliance Against Water Privatization, two years after starting its fight for the recognition of the “human right to water” which integrates the General Water Law and that is ...; Created on 17 June 2020
40. In El Estor: a chain of breaches and contempt by CGN-PRONICO puts the lives of human rights defenders at risk: (Regional News); ... those employed in the company clash against those people who instead are fighting for the defense of life, the water, and nature. On Friday, June 12, 2020, the defenders of life in El Estor were harassed ...; Created on 12 June 2020

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