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21. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... assassinated. These water defenders won over the most unlikely of allies, like a conservative archbishop alarmed by the dangers of cyanide. They even flew in a governor from the Philippines, who spoke ...; Created on 28 March 2021
22. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... knocked on the doors of unlikely allies. Most of those people didn't originally want to see the water defenders, but at a certain point, they listened. We have a stereotype of activists. We think of them ...; Created on 22 March 2021
23. Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... and through the role that Canadian mining companies play in the country. “The Philippines is now one of the two most dangerous countries for defenders of human and environmental rights according to Global ...; Created on 25 February 2021
24. 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
25. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); NACLA Beth Geglia and Andrea Nuila It’s almost like an insult that this is happening to us now, after so much sacrifice to develop the community to the point it’s at today,” Venessa Cardenas explains, ...; Created on 15 February 2021
26. 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
27. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... mining operations in Peru go far beyond the Bear Creek corporation. The government of Canada estimates that in 2018, Canadian foreign direct investment in Peru totalled $14.2 billion, with most of that ...; Created on 21 January 2021
28. NEW BOOK: The water defenders - how ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... that ravaged their community and polluted their water is one of the most inspiring I have read in many years. A blueprint for further global action and a lesson about how to enlist an array of unlikely ...; Created on 14 January 2021
29. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... most modern investment treaties contain investor-state arbitration clauses. These operate to allow an investor of one state party (such as a mining company incorporated in the relevant state) to bring ...; Created on 06 January 2021
30. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... farmer in El Junquillo community, Guacotecti, Cabañas Most of the inhabitants of the El Junquillo community manage to study only up to the sixth grade of primary education and then, they dedicate themselves ...; Created on 05 January 2021
31. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... from the traditional approach to investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS). Our authors did a tremendous job covering and sharing their insights on the most important developments affecting our industry. ...; Created on 19 December 2020
32. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... programs, the Kenya Forest Services has demolished over 300 Ogiek homes in Mau Forest and burned 28 homes in Embobut Forest. In countries with most aggressive projects encroaching ancestral lands, fear ...; Created on 17 December 2020
33. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); ... district’s “permitted activities.” “The company doesn’t need resource consent to do this exploration work,” Adams said, adding it’s too early to gauge whether most residents support or reject OceanaGold’s ...; Created on 17 December 2020
34. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... 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 ...; Created on 01 December 2020
35. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... is not a problem and that “it’s safe to drink.” That is easy to say from the comfort of his home in Vancouver. Milau admitted that Equinox Gold had stopped payroll to most workers and contractors. In addition ...; Created on 28 November 2020
36. Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees: (Mining and Human Rights); ... in Honduras.... Honduras has the highest rate of killings per capita, making it the most dangerous country in the world for land and environmental defenders." Polish LGBTI activists Jakub Gawron, Paulina ...; Created on 29 September 2020
37. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... to Global Witness, Honduras is one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be an environmental activist. Over the past two decades, more than 100 farmers in the Bajo Aguán have been killed in incidents ...; Created on 25 September 2020
38. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands: (Regional News); Global Voices One of the most essential aspects of COVID-19 prevention is regularly washing your hands; however, hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans are facing COVID-19 without reliable access to water. ...; Created on 11 September 2020
39. 5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras: (Regional News); ... are the most drastic measures used to stop Garífuna organizing so they can eventually hand their territories over to transnational capital.” Our Garífuna ancestors arrived in Honduras in 1797 and have ...; Created on 03 September 2020
40. The lawyers in the Guapinol case reject denial of appeal stating that it was copied and pasted form a different resolution: (Mining and Human Rights); ... in pretrial jail for almost a year without ever having a solid legal reasoning as to why. A year ago this week, the defenders voluntarily appeared before the National Court to clarify their legal situation ...; Created on 24 August 2020

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