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21. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and strong coalition. We learn that a right-wing environmental minister, Hugo Barrera, handed the water defenders an essential bit of legal strategy, and a conservative archbishop became an anti-mining ...; Created on 11 April 2021
22. What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... a contest of right versus left than right versus wrong—an idea that’s also central to the Reverend William J. Barber II and the Poor People’s Campaign in this country. Yes, the left-wing FMLN party—especially ...; Created on 05 April 2021
23. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... 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 ...; Created on 30 March 2021
24. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... their water from polluting corporations. In our travels, we’ve seen these fights up close — they’re harrowing, but also inspiring. As we in the United States face similar struggles, we might take some ...; Created on 28 March 2021
25. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... one day, it was this congressman, Johnny Wright, who convinced the party to ban metallic mining in El Salvador. The book jacket to "The Water Defenders," showing a natural setting with a river.Marco Werman: ...; Created on 22 March 2021
26. Urgent Action: Immediately release Guapinol defenders in high risk: (Mining and Human Rights); ... The outbreak means that other defenders are also at risk. The Honduran state knowingly holds the Guapinol Water Defenders in illegal detention and puts their lives at risk. The state is responsible for ...; Created on 14 March 2021
27. Ottawa must disclose how it aided Goldcorp in human rights dispute, Federal Court will hear: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Goldcorp’s behalf, lobbying decision-makers in Guatemala and at the IACHR for months following the commission’s request. In 2011 Guatemala announced it would not suspend the mine’s operations, and the ...; Created on 02 March 2021
28. Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... proceedings Live at 10” on CPAC. She will hold an online press conference following the tabling of the petition (details below). Canada is implicated in the rights abuses through military aid to the Philippines ...; Created on 25 February 2021
29. 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
30. NEW BOOK: The water defenders - how ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Ordinary People Saved A Country from Corporate Greed, Robin Broad and John Cavanagh tell the harrowing, inspiring saga of El Salvador’s fight – and historic victory – to save their water, and their communities, ...; Created on 14 January 2021
31. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... in its exploration phase, the company closed its facilities in 2017 due to the approval of the Law prohibiting metallic mining. Following the expectations of a local sector to improve the living conditions ...; Created on 05 January 2021
32. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... up only 5% of the world’s population. And with fascists and autocrats spewing racism, IP’s are in greater danger. The call grows to pull out heavy military deployment in indigenous lands, which resulted ...; Created on 17 December 2020
33. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); ... surface water and the loss of land. The mine has also displaced Indigenous communities in the area and continued operations even after its permits expired. Following VICE World News’ investigation, the ...; Created on 17 December 2020
34. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... has been polluted. In 2018, right wing parties in the Environmental Commission of the Legislative Assembly attempted to fast track a pro-privatization law called the Comprehensive Water Act. These attempts ...; Created on 01 December 2020
35. Anti-mining community, Gina Lopez awarded as heroes for the environment: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Police in order to force fuel tankers in the mining site; a local leader was arrested but also bailed out the following day. Gina Lopez’s ‘maverick leadership” remembered A posthumous award was also ...; Created on 07 October 2020
36. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... mountain was declared a National Park by Congress, mandating protection of water sources which serve more than 42,000 people, including the Guapinol river. Yet the following year, Congress reduced the ...; Created on 07 October 2020
37. Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Award in 2015. Tilly Metz, a Luxemburgish member of the Greens/EFA group, described the hard times human rights activists are having in Honduras. “These are two symbolic cases showing injustice and impunity ...; Created on 29 September 2020
38. 5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras: (Regional News); ... Róchez, and Junior Mejía—out of their homes. They have not been seen since. The men were kidnapped on a Saturday during which the State of Honduras restricted civilian movement due to Covid-19, allowing ...; Created on 03 September 2020
39. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of the imprisoned Guapinol human rights defenders, Liss Jireth Cedillo Zúniga (7) and her friend Cristhel Alejandra Romero Portillo, holding their drawings in front of the Public Ministry in Tegucigalpa, ...; Created on 01 September 2020
40. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... El Tambor gold mine — or compensating the mining firm for hundreds of millions of dollars in future profits it had little hope of ever earning. “KCA bought the project knowing there was social conflict ...; Created on 24 August 2020

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