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21. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... in the region, and thus no opposition to mining. A local mayor from the right-wing ARENA party promoted landfills and industrial hog farms as “development” projects. Local opposition organized against ...; Created on 11 April 2021
22. What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... their counterparts in Guatemala, Peru, and the Philippines, where mining projects created webs of local corporate leaders who were intertwined with and enriched by the extractive industry. But after the ...; Created on 05 April 2021
23. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption: (OceanaGold); ... of wetlands and floodplains, while affecting more than two miles of creeks. Development projects don’t typically impact that many wetlands in South Carolina, a state studded with the soggy depressions ...; Created on 02 April 2021
24. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... people, and they want to help this community as much as they can,’’ Dorman said, noting that the mine has funded community projects, such as a playground at a park. Restaurants are busier and once-vacant ...; Created on 30 March 2021
25. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Gold mining uses toxic chemicals like cyanide that poison water. But a global mining company attempted to buy public support by launching flashy PR campaigns, funding local projects, and hiring expensive ...; Created on 28 March 2021
26. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... in Crawfish Rock, Roatán, as she remembers her grandmother who passed away last May at 90 years old. “She was the one who fought for us to have the road, the school, water, all of the basic projects… the ...; Created on 15 February 2021
27. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Aymarazo movement is just one of many examples of resistance to Canadian mining projects in Peru in recent years. In 2018, thousands of people in the district of Huayllay in central Peru protested for ...; Created on 21 January 2021
28. Vizcaya governor asks Rody to end 2 mine operations: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... and human rights abuses associated with the mining projects, including “loss of forests, agricultural lands, biodiversity, surface and ground water, peaceful co-existence among communities and loss of ...; Created on 21 January 2021
29. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... The money that was going to be earned (…) through the employment of the locals, would be nothing compared to the illnesses that the extractive projects would have brought”. Interview with Carmelo Torres, ...; Created on 05 January 2021
30. Honduran justice denies defenders of the Guapinol river to wait for their trial in freedom: (Regional News); ... the implementation of extractive industry projects that are causing widespread violence. ------------------------------ Translation from: https://criterio.hn/justicia-de-honduras-niega-a-defensores-del-rio-guapinol-defenderse-en-libertad/?fbclid=IwAR371jr2YiqZDMtDxLcSPNKmhRaFr7mXB2UsfDMd4Y73KIiasRCcSviR1uY ...; Created on 28 December 2020
31. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... access to food and livelihood became everyday challenges. And while the mobility of indigenous villages are limited, there are no breaks for extractives, logging, government and private projects, and militarization in ...; Created on 17 December 2020
32. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); VICE Anya Zoledziowski In the latest allegations against Canadian mining, conservationists say new projects could destroy protected lands and further harm endangered species. A Canadian-Australian ...; Created on 17 December 2020
33. Oceanagold violates restraining order from N. Vizcaya government: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... (FTAA) of the mining company expired in June 2019. “We demand for an immediate watershed audit that will investigate and penalize these extractive and destructive projects that worsened the massive floods ...; Created on 28 November 2020
34. Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees: (Mining and Human Rights); ... co-founder of the Council of Indigenous People of Honduras (COPINH). Over more than two decades, she was fighting against land grabbing, illegal logging and mega-projects. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental ...; Created on 29 September 2020
35. 5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras: (Regional News); ... compensate the Garífuna community for the territory that had been taken over by foreigners and companies for tourist projects. As of present day, the ruling has yet to be met. “The Honduran state is ...; Created on 03 September 2020
36. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); ... declared Edy Tábora, a lawyer on the legal defence team. “This case is not only about Guapinol. The case is emblematic of all of those that fight for their rights against extractive projects in their ...; Created on 01 September 2020
37. The Honduran government intensifies persecution against defenders of the Guapinol River: (Regional News); ... where our peoples exercise the right to choose freely development projects that make sustainable use the natural assets of our countries. To that end, we call on communities in resistance, social organizations, ...; Created on 20 August 2020
38. Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case: (Regional News); ... case is emblematic for all those who are fighting to guarantee their rights against extractive projects in their territories". For the eight defenders already in pretrial detention, Magistrates María Luisa ...; Created on 18 August 2020
39. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... projects fueled by foreign investors and the Honduran government. “We are in danger daily — all the leaders of the Garífuna community, all the defendants of the land in Honduras,” says Carla Garcia, international ...; Created on 17 August 2020
40. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... by armed groups in the area. Opposition to mining projects generates great violence and repression in the communities. Golden belt, a calamity for communities Carrizalillo is a community in the ...; Created on 09 August 2020

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