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21. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the World Food Program (WFP). “I had never grown cabbage; nor lettuce, tomato, güisquil (chayote) plants, and even some mango trees (…). The WFP also gave us a Tambo (water tank) to build irrigation systems." ...; Created on 05 January 2021
22. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... in the agreement. For example, it removes the system of party-appointed arbitrators in favor of a pre-selected pool of arbitrators, appointed by States. It also includes a permanent appellate arbitration ...; Created on 19 December 2020
23. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... 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 ...; Created on 17 December 2020
24. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); ... in the area. “If that tailings dam failed, it wouldn’t just take out the town, it would take out an entire river system and go into the Hauraki Gulf, which would have devastating consequences,” she said. ...; Created on 17 December 2020
25. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... remaining state industries and public resources. FMLN legislators succeeded in exempting essential institutions – like education, health, the penal system, and water – from the final version of the law. ...; Created on 01 December 2020
26. Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: (ISDS); ... The court threw it out. But now, KCA is using the unjust, international arbitration system to strong-arm the Guatemalan government into green-lighting the unwanted mine — or compensate KCA for hundreds ...; Created on 21 October 2020
27. Anti-mining community, Gina Lopez awarded as heroes for the environment: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant and exposed its technical deficiencies when he was part of the Citizens’ Review Panel. In 2015, he founded the Center for Renewable Energy Systems and Sustainable Technology ...; Created on 07 October 2020
28. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... as a result of trumped-up criminal charges. According to a recent report by the UN Working Group on business and human rights, the “root cause of most social conflicts [in Honduras] is the systematic ...; Created on 07 October 2020
29. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... project, and by the spring of 2018, Pinares started widening a road within the park. Residents say their drinking water systems filled up with mud, which they reported to local authorities. With no response, ...; Created on 25 September 2020
30. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... Agreements, and are disproportionately brought against governments in the Global South, especially Latin America. The report’s examination of KCA’s lawsuit exposes a supranational arbitration system that ...; Created on 24 August 2020
31. The Honduran government intensifies persecution against defenders of the Guapinol River: (Regional News); ... the Public Ministry, the Judiciary and the private sector to punish anyone who dares to defend the public and common goods of Honduras." Indeed, this decision of the Honduran judicial system confirms ...; Created on 20 August 2020
32. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... speaking to Democracy Now! from her home in Honduras in July. MIRIAM MIRANDA: [translated] What happened is a reflection of systemic persecution, systemic repression, but also a well-crafted plan by ...; Created on 17 August 2020
33. The Duterte era: A state of nature under attack: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... for a crisis like COVID-19 to happen to make the cookie crumble. With intact ecosystems dwindling, biodiversity collapsing, pollution worsening, and sources of livelihood depleting, we are extremely ...; Created on 25 July 2020
34. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... are exploring or digging for gold, silver, copper, iron-ore, and other minerals can extend to vast areas of entire countries. Their activities also affect important ecosystems. These include high-altitude ...; Created on 23 July 2020
35. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); ... policymakers now have to worry that their policy responses could make them the target of lawsuits. A separate legal system In fact, law firms already seem to be salivating over the potential to profit ...; Created on 23 July 2020
36. Anglo American responses to AGM queries raise more questions than they answer: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Quellaveco carried out by the Hydrogeologist Robert Moran (2002), suggest reviewing the water situation of the region in a comprehensive way because the region belongs to a desert ecosystem. Also extraction ...; Created on 22 July 2020
37. In El Estor: a chain of breaches and contempt by CGN-PRONICO puts the lives of human rights defenders at risk: (Regional News); ... of its own employees, the mining company launched systematic persecution against the people, organizations and communities opposing mining contamination in Lake Izabal. The stigmatization and harassment ...; Created on 12 June 2020
38. World Environment Day with nothing to celebrate: (Regional News); ... homes, ecosystems, and the population, as well as by the food and health crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic. The “World Environment Day” of 2020 has evidenced the poverty and vulnerability of the population ...; Created on 06 June 2020
39. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); ... trade deal curtails this “investor-state” dispute settlement (ISDS) somewhat. But it falls far short of the progressive demands for an alternative system that prioritizes human rights and the rights of ...; Created on 03 May 2020
40. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... This is not the case with the Rio Blanco mine. But such technicalities are hard to rely on when disregard for the rules is a feature of the international arbitration system. George Kahale III, the ...; Created on 03 May 2020

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