... caused by a judicial decision. However, the license continues to be suspended.”
Brief timeline and context
In March 2012 residents from San José del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc – an area known as La ...
... mine in Guatemala where a court-ordered consultation with the Indigenous Xinka People is pending. Pan American Silver’s continued interference at the local level is seen by the Xinka as an act of bad faith ...
... interest and profit even in the face of people’s opposition.”
The presence of foreign companies in resource extraction is part of a long history of colonization in the Philippines that continues today, ...
... Silver is not currently extracting minerals at the Escobal mine, it continues to operate in Xinka communities. According to its 2019 Sustainability Report, the company is “engaging with community leaders, ...
... to the Office of the President for approval.
“The Company will continue to engage with government officials and will work with stakeholders for a safe restart of operations at Didipio,” OceanaGold ...
... Governments will continue to set their own rules on the environment, and foreign companies and local communities will continue to have disputes. By helping to ensure that those laws are upheld—and that ...
... world – and at the same time, what Glencore does is just one example of what corporations do around the world. All this makes it necessary that binding instruments on business and human rights continue ...
... environment defenders who were exercising their right to freedom of assembly to object to the continued operations in the Didipio mine, adding that the police used “unnecessary and disproportionate force”. ...
... to continue operating in the Philippines. This raised tensions with local governments, which wanted mining operations halted to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Last October, Secretary of Finance Carlos ...
... Canada has continued to provide military aid. “Given the grave human rights situation in the Philippines, Canada should not be selling the country military equipment and providing defence cooperation,” ...
... at the continued human rights abuses by Honduran security forces and the corrupt actions of President Juan Orlando Hernández. This legislation will ensure that the U.S. government is not complicit in abuses ...
... 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 ...
... Colombia and Mexico. Based on public notices of intent and speculations surrounding current political developments, this wave is likely to continue in 2021.
Peru. The first Investor-State case filed ...
... his apprehensions against the continued mining, which included, among others, that Barangay Didipio and Barangay Runruno are sub-watersheds of the Cagayan River and that these are “critical watersheds,” ...
... we first briefly explain what protection under an investment treaty involves before analysing the rise of investment claims in the mining sector in 2020 and its likely continued rise in 2021 and beyond. ...
... do they support this? If this continues, well, we will practically continue with the same unsustainable logic”.
“It is good that the authorities collaborate with us. We need the help of people from the ...
... 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 ...
... surface water and the loss of land. The mine has also displaced Indigenous communities in the area and continued operations even after its permits expired.
Following VICE World News’ investigation, the ...
... this appointment, possibly spurred from within the U.S. Embassy, these threats are increasingly dire. At almost two months since Alemán took possession of the institution, organizations have continued ...
... operations. This, however, cannot be true given that the community continues to keep watch over the mine gates to prevent such a restart, limiting access during the shutdown to personnel responsible for ...