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1. HONDURAS: Human rights defenders threatened by armed groups during quarantine: (Regional News); ... Platform, also reported being intimidated and threatened with detention twice by military and security agents of a supermarket. In addition, leaders of La Lempira, including Raúl Ramírez of the Unified ...; Created on 31 July 2020
2. Enviornmentalist Threatened, Murdered in El Salvador: (Mining and Human Rights); Environmentalists threatened, murdered in El Salvador Posted Feb. 2, 2012 / Posted by: Bill Waren Salvadoran environmentalists are fighting for a ban on destructive mining projects in the face of ...; Created on 22 February 2012
3. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... for Policy Studies) “We call on the international community to join in the Salvadoran people’s fight to protect water, defend the environment and secure the right to life that is gravely threatened by ...; Created on 03 April 2023
4. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... about the mine’s potential ecological damage. In their attempts to defend their territories, local leaders have been surveilled, threatened, injured and imprisoned, and some, like Morazán, have been killed. ...; Created on 06 May 2021
5. Philippines' Duterte lifts ban on new mining deals: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... disasters. Duterte -- who had previously threatened to shut down the mining sector completely -- is facing growing criticism over his handling of the pandemic that has crippled the economy and thrown ...; Created on 05 May 2021
6. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... river system that provides water for over half the country’s population. Over the past two decades, this river system was threatened by a giant mining company that wanted to mine gold near the rivers. ...; Created on 28 March 2021
7. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... decision to interrupt the progress of a large-scale irrigation project. Peru has been threatened with additional cases in relation to a gas-distribution concession, the operation of a port on its southern ...; Created on 21 January 2021
8. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... experienced in disputes under investment treaties and the use (or threatened use) of investor-state arbitration need not necessarily signal the end of a relationship between an investor and a state. Rather, ...; Created on 06 January 2021
9. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... nauseum about jobs, benefits, and social responsibility, but in fact, companies are rarely held to account for the human and environmental impacts of their operations. But for the many communities threatened ...; Created on 28 November 2020
10. ATM Statement on illegal entry of fuel trucks in Nueva Vizcaya: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of the mining company to deliver the fuel. Local barangay officials and environmental groups from the area tried to prevent the illegal entry, but the police allegedly threatened protestors they will ...; Created on 28 November 2020
11. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... has been linked to serious human rights violations. In 2017, international human rights organizations reported that he was involved in the kidnapping of international observers and had threatened locals ...; Created on 25 September 2020
12. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); ... during the outbreak, the government is being threatened with arbitration by businesses in the European Union and Canada that want access to its energy markets. Several other legal experts have warned that ...; Created on 23 July 2020
13. Anglo American responses to AGM queries raise more questions than they answer: (Mining and Human Rights); ... tropical dry forest, one of the most threatened ecosystems in Colombia. Cerrejón built an artificial flow to divert the Arroyo by more than 3 kilometers. The idea was to divert the stream through an ...; Created on 22 July 2020
14. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... consent. In recent months, three more such cases have been threatened. In late February, a Chinese consortium of Junefield Mineral Resources Limited and Hunan Gold Group threatened to bring a suit ...; Created on 03 May 2020
15. Marcelo's Legacy: The environmentalist who fought against metal mining in El Salvado: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... murder of human rights defender Marcelo Rivera, who launched the first cry against the OceanaGold/Pacific Rim mining company. Marcelo´s life was threatened for a long time, but he continued to organize ...; Created on 18 September 2019
16. Report: OceanaGold in the Philippines: (Background and reports ); ... forests, land, indigenous peoples, human rights, biodiversity, and workers’ rights. Nueva Vizcaya’s agriculture – one of Luzon’s most bountiful sources of fruits and vegetables – is threatened by adverse ...; Created on 05 September 2019
17. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... that Colombia currently faces over US$18 billion dollars in threatened or pending suits, especially related to protecting Indigenous territory and fragile páramo ecosystems, which provide water to over ...; Created on 03 May 2019
18. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala: (Cerro Blanco); ... operations, even though he has been threatened several times. "In 2010, there were death threats, and I was told there was a list of three people who were going to disappear, and I was told: Abelito ...; Created on 03 May 2019
19. Criminalisation brought to new extremes in case of Aymara indigenous communities in Peru: (Regional News); ... Titicaca, shared between Peru and Bolivia, was also threatened. Having seen the contamination of land and water sources caused by mining projects in other provinces and having found out about a series ...; Created on 28 August 2018
20. From Mining to Water: 25 years of Community Solidarity and Organizing: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... gold mining company (first Pacific Rim, then Oceana Gold) that threatened to contaminate the country’s water resources. ADES and Radio Victoria accompanied local communities to protest the proposed El ...; Created on 24 August 2018

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