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1. Recent Statements Cause Alarm for the Anti-Mining Movement: (Mining and Human Rights); Recent Statements Cause Alarm for the Anti-Mining Movement After months of waiting for the Salvadoran central government to release its mining sector Strategic Environmental Assessment, the Vice-Minister ...; Created on 24 May 2012
2. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... talking about the territories being given to people who have money. How does the ZEDE project affect the Garífuna people? In recent years we have been facing such strong pressure. The “Ciudades Modelo”, ...; Created on 25 December 2021
3. Communique: Community organizations fear the return of metal mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... were aware of the impacts that mining exploitation would have on water and the environment in general. In recent days we have learned that the Salvadoran government has approached specialists from the ...; Created on 16 December 2021
4. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of directors of the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM), were recently in the country to “promote debate on mining for sustainable development”, revealing a clear intention that threatens the interests ...; Created on 14 December 2021
5. The law on the right to water reaches Parliament, "people's lives are at stake" warns Cardinal Rosa Chav: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... have water as a fundamental human right", underlined the Cardinal. In recent days, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced that the issue of water will be discussed in the Legislative Assembly and ...; Created on 15 June 2021
6. Mining is not ‘recovery’: (OceanaGold Philippines); Inquirer Efenita Taqueban and Gideon Lasco In the name of “recovery” from the pandemic, the Philippine government has opened up mining opportunities in the country, with the President recently lifting ...; Created on 02 June 2021
7. Scientists, fishers say new mining deals to cause more damage than good: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... but a false show; his crackdown against big mines was a toothless tiger merely declared for public image building… Duterte is a national traitor at its best in this respect,” Hicap said. Recently, the ...; Created on 24 May 2021
8. Community and environmental concerns not “pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s business: (Mining and Human Rights); ... environment. Recently, 30,000 residents of Chubut signed a petition demanding their legislature approve a “Popular Initiative” that would expand and complement the environmental protections in the existing ...; Created on 17 May 2021
9. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... were done.” The law allowed for the occupation and commodification of public land by US citizens. “It was only recently that the old mining act was replaced,” said Claver. He said mining operations are ...; Created on 12 May 2021
10. Pan American Silver Pressured to Shut Down Community Interference in Guatemala: (Mining and Human Rights); ... then by court order for discrimination and lack of prior consultation with the Xinka people. Most recently, on April 14, unknown assailants fired shots at the home of one of the Xinka representatives ...; Created on 12 May 2021
11. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... rights, in practice, they have served to prop up Canada’s predatory, globe-trotting mining industry. Crimes and Misconduct Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has recently criticized ...; Created on 07 May 2021
12. 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
13. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... corporate power. These alliances allow bad actors to run roughshod over community resistance, from towns like Marcelo Rivera’s to the Brazilian Amazon to the palm oil plantations of Indonesia. Recent investigations ...; Created on 23 April 2021
14. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption: (OceanaGold); ... is worthwhile. Another neighbor speaking against the expansion said he’s unnerved by the gold mine’s recent history of violating environmental laws. The Haile Gold Mine and a laboratory have been fined ...; Created on 02 April 2021
15. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... plans are drawing scrutiny from conservationists who are worried about the company’s recent troubles and its long-term plans for cleaning up the mining site. John Tynan, director of the Conservation ...; Created on 30 March 2021
16. US Senators introduce bill to tackle corruption & rights violations in Honduras - cite Guapinol case: (Mining and Human Rights); ... his most recent indictment, Hernández has been named a co-conspirator in three other high-profile drug trafficking and corruption cases that have been tried or are being prosecuted by the United States ...; Created on 23 February 2021
17. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... generations and seen different kinds of tourism investment come to the island over the years. But recently, Crawfish residents learned that their municipality was ground zero for a new enclave model that ...; Created on 15 February 2021
18. 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
19. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Aymarazo movement is just one of many examples of resistance to Canadian mining projects in Peru in recent years. In 2018, thousands of people in the district of Huayllay in central Peru protested for ...; Created on 21 January 2021
20. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... further arbitrations related to recent modifications of its renewable energy framework. (See previous Holland & Knight alert, "Foreign Investment Protection Mechanisms in Mexico for Renewable Energy Investments," ...; Created on 21 January 2021

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