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21. Honduras: Supreme Court must correct distorted ruling & free arbitrarily detained Guapinol defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... and freedom to participate in public affairs. In other words, the detention is arbitrary because it is a measure designed to prevent the community from defending its resources and rights. 3. Third, the ...; Created on 11 May 2021
22. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... road to the mine. In response, community members in Tocoa, including Morazán, established the Municipal Committee for the Defence of Public and Common Goods to campaign against the dispossession of natural ...; Created on 06 May 2021
23. Philippines' Duterte lifts ban on new mining deals: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... the country's coronavirus-devastated economy. The mining industry has stagnated since 2012 when Duterte's predecessor, Benigno Aquino, imposed a moratorium on new projects following public backlash over ...; Created on 05 May 2021
24. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... hammer home the point. The 2020 “Lawless Amazon” project by the Brazilian media outlet Agência Pública details how mining, sugar, and cattle interests have overrun indigenous communities in their drive ...; Created on 23 April 2021
25. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... organizations around the world publicly denounced transnational mining companies for ignoring the threat of the Covid19 pandemic and continuing to operate normally. The communiqué, based on extensive research, ...; Created on 22 April 2021
26. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... groups say. Signed April 14 and made public April 15, Executive Order 130 highlights the contribution of the extractives sector in reviving the country’s economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The sector ...; Created on 15 April 2021
27. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... committed to digging up the gold dust that lay beneath those forests, rivers, and communities. They began to throw money around to the mayor and host all manner of happy public events to promote the ideals ...; Created on 11 April 2021
28. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption: (OceanaGold); ... rocky soil of Lancaster County. State and federal regulators held a meeting Thursday to hear what the public thinks about the mine expansion plan and whether the environmental impacts have been studied ...; Created on 02 April 2021
29. 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
30. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... El Salvador's conservative ARENA [National Republican Alliance] party found common ground with former rebel leaders and Catholic Church officials to ban mining? Luis Parada Basically, they, like all the ...; Created on 22 March 2021
31. Urgent Action: Immediately release Guapinol defenders in high risk: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the heightened risk the defenders face and urge for their immediate release! Copy - Juan Orlando Hernández, President of the Republic diseloalpresidente@presidencia.gob.hn info@presidencia.gob.hn ...; Created on 14 March 2021
32. Mine reappears on list of suspects: Lead source inquiry welcomed: (OceanaGold); ... or fishing tackle in the catchment, or sampling or analytical errors. In a brief media session after a packed public meeting at the East Otago Events Centre on Wednesday, Mr Dyer said that the council ...; Created on 13 March 2021
33. Ottawa must disclose how it aided Goldcorp in human rights dispute, Federal Court will hear: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Goldcorp?” says Shin Imai of JCAP. “The public should be able to scrutinize the government’s actions here, to assess the extent to which it undermined Indigenous communities’ efforts to defend their rights.” ...; Created on 02 March 2021
34. US Senators introduce bill to tackle corruption & rights violations in Honduras - cite Guapinol case: (Mining and Human Rights); ... violations in Honduras. The introduction comes as U.S. federal prosecutors made public that they are investigating Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández for accepting large bribes from, and giving ...; Created on 23 February 2021
35. The trial for Guapinol water defender Jeremías Martínez begins today in Tegucigalpa, Honduras: (Mining and Human Rights); ... oxide mine. By 2017 the Municipal Committee for the Defence of Public and Common Goods had been created and called for public consultations so that community members could decide whether they wanted ...; Created on 22 February 2021
36. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the scenes attempts to establish ZEDEs were largely kept secret from the public.The legal framework of the ZEDE caught the attention of libertarian and free-market venture capitalists who sought opportunities ...; Created on 15 February 2021
37. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town: (OceanaGold); ... is located at the site of a historic mining operation that closed. Following months of public meetings, DHEC approved a permit in October 2013 to develop the mine and an ore processing plant. Now, ...; Created on 12 February 2021
38. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... operated by Bear Creek Mining, a Canadian company. The Peruvian government eventually cancelled the mining concession, but Aduviri was hounded for years by court cases brought against him by public prosecutors ...; Created on 21 January 2021
39. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... 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 ...; Created on 21 January 2021
40. NEW BOOK: The water defenders - how ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... corporations in the United States and across the world. Pre-order from Beacon, PeguinRandomHouse (PRH), Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Bookshop.org, Indiebound, Powell’s ISBN: 978-080702902-2 Publication ...; Created on 14 January 2021

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