... were being mined by both firms, and “the mining tenement of OGPI is right at the very center” of the watershed area. OGPI has been contracted by the national government to operate the Didipio gold and ...
... Santa Cruz, and author of The Long Honduran Night
THE AUTHORS
Robin Broad and John Cavanagh are a husband and wife team who have been involved in the Salvadoran gold mining saga since 2009.
Robin ...
... are within the territorial jurisdiction of Nagtipunan under Batas Pambansa 345, which established the municipality in 1983.
He added that the Bugkalot-Ilongot tribe had also been known to traditionally ...
... of Didipio. This was apparently the reason for the non-renewal of OGPI-FTAA to support the IP community particularly the Bugkalot/Ilongot, who have been roaming these areas “since time immemorial” and ...
... new in the mining sector. Since the late 1990s, nearly 50 cases concerning mining concessions have been brought before the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), one of ...
... of the area, local organizations began training processes in organic agriculture. Through these activities, more than 1,000 families have been trained during the last seven years. Currently, 250 families ...
CRITERIO
Tegucigalpa. - Eight environmental defenders of the Atlantic zone of Honduras have been in prison for 15 months due to their opposition to a mining project which is plagued with irregularities. ...
... this Monday, November 9. At a press conference, leaders expressed demands for the Government to take urgent measures in the five affected districts.
"In the wells for human consumption there have been ...
... corruption acts?
It’s been almost four years since Odebrecht admitted to paying bribes to obtain infrastructure contracts throughout Latin America, and the consequences stemming from the scandal are ...
... superpowers and the oppressive governments and systems continue to intensify widening inequality. Exacerbated neglect and discrimination to their access to health and basic services has been a grave threat ...