... 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 ...
... weather disasters shouldn’t be lost on anyone.
Fossil fuel and utility firms have long plied state officials with money. In turn, officials failed to regulate utilities, weatherize their grid, or create ...
... civil war from the 1980s came together to ban metal mining in El Salvador. The inside story is the subject of a new book. "The Water Defenders" coauthor Robin Broad joins us now, along with Luis Parada, ...
... mine in a list of possible contamination sources suggested by the community that were still being considered.
The mine at Macraes is being considered along with old landfills in the area, lead shot ...
... assistance to, an alleged drug trafficker who delivered thousands of kilos of cocaine throughout the United States.
In response to the news—which adds to a long list of cases by U.S. prosecutors in ...
... of Honduran sovereignty or were simply a new form of democratic local government. The constitutional charter of Honduras’ first ZEDE, Próspera, along with its extensive code of rules, was made public at ...
... equipment to control air pollution discharges, records show.
Despite assurances from DHEC and OceanaGold, Powers Norrell said she worries about the long-term impacts of mining. Two abandoned gold mines ...
... Toronto Stock Exchange. In short, mining is a huge business for Canada, and it’s driven by exploitation and abuse.
The Santa Ana project, as Bear Creek’s operation was called, was intended to be an 11-year-long ...
... 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 ...
... or OGPI. The Nagtipunan municipal government led by Vice Mayor Amel Fiesta expressed support for the Bugkalot-Ilongot tribe’s claim of ancestral domain ownership over the area being mined OceanaGold. OceanoGold’s ...
... renewal of its license with the Office of the President. Duterte also took notice of the pending application for CADT by the Bugkalot/Ilongot tribe over 12 villages including OceanaGold’s host village ...
Lexology
Hogan Lovells
A commitment of capital in a foreign state, particularly with long-term profit horizons, can be a risky undertaking. When a host state harms a foreign company's investment, the ...
... States.
El Junquillo belongs to the municipality of San Isidro, which together with Guacotecti and Sensuntepeque, made up the area in which the exploitation of gold and silver was planned within the ...
... of several lawyers with recognized reputation and long experience in the defense of human rights.
Seven of the defendants are currently in prison in the Yoro, Olanchito: Ewer Alexander Cedillo Cruz, ...
IPS
Beverly L. Longid
Indigenous Peoples, advocates and members of IPMSDL call for continuing struggle for self-determination to combat imperialist plunder and state-terror. Credit: Carlo Manalansan, ...
... project will have his support, as long as it meets regulatory requirements.
“OceanaGold is a significant employer of local people both in Waihi and beyond,” he said.
Peachey met with local OceanaGold ...
... was created in 1961 following guidelines set by the International Development Bank (IDB) along with a $2.7 million loan from the Social Progress Trust Fund of the “Alliance for Progress.” One condition ...
... in Honduras by Pérez and Facussé. The plant's remaining .4% of shares belong to another mining firm owned by Pérez and engulfed in conflict, Empresa Minera La Victoria, S.A.
According to the Panamanian ...
... to justify this prolonged detention.
Berta Cáceres, assassinated in March 2016, was a courageous ecologist and prominent land rights activist from the indigenous Lenka community in Honduras. She was ...
Jackie McVicar
AmericaMagazine
Every Wednesday morning, Gabriela Sorto wakes up early to make lunch for her dad, Porfirio. He has not been convicted of a crime but, along with six other local men ...