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1. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... has taken advantage of dictatorship, disasters, and a variety of distractions to expand operations in Latin America. In the time of Covid-19, with entire populations under lockdown and economies falling ...; Created on 23 July 2020
2. Timeline: Guatemala mine suspensions: (Regional News); ... out the consultation procedure have yet to be drawn up, resulting in ongoing uncertainty. GUATEMALA COURT RULINGS – TIMELINE 2013 April 4: Guatemala’s energy and mines ministry (MEM) approves ...; Created on 23 July 2020
3. Time is running out for the Legislative Assembly to ratify food and water as basic human rights in El Salvador: (Mining and Human Rights); P. Cabezas Environmental organizations poised to have a ratification vote before the legislature dissolves on April 30th. An open letter addressed to to president of El Salvador from the UN’s Special ...; Created on 23 April 2015
4. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... US assistance. The return of mining will only continue to exacerbate these injustices. At the same time, the Bukele administration apparently views mining as a way to bolster the country’s sagging revenues, ...; Created on 06 April 2023
5. Public statement from social movement organizations on the detention of members of the Santa Marta community and ADES in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... in the municipality of Victoria, department of Cabañas. In a simultaneous operation, carried out on the same day and time, in the municipality of Guacotecti, Cabañas, state agents also detained Teodoro ...; Created on 13 January 2023
6. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... Miriam Miranda highlights that the award to OFRANEH comes at a time when pressure from the Honduran government is increasing to deprive indigenous and black peoples of their territories; a moment in which ...; Created on 25 December 2021
7. PRESS RELESE: Environmental Organizations Dennounce Privatization of Water in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... (headed by the Regalado and Wright Families) who freely use all the surface and groundwater of the coastal territories, often times without permits and paying a pittance for its use. This Law, however, ...; Created on 23 December 2021
8. Communique: Community organizations fear the return of metal mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... in the country and, on the contrary, the environmental and water crisis continues to worsen day by day. In this sense, as civil society organizations that at that time fought for the prohibition of metallic ...; Created on 16 December 2021
9. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... liters of water daily, the equivalent usage of a peasant family over a period of 30 years. A nickel mine on the shores of Lake Izabal in the same country uses thirteen times the amount of water required ...; Created on 14 December 2021
10. Anglo American files lawsuit against Colombia: (ISDS); ... a figure that remained stable compared to the previous year, but the rail blockades in February and again throughout May limited supply to the maritime market. Cerrejón exported 13.6 million tons in 2020, ...; Created on 08 June 2021
11. Mining is not ‘recovery’: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... to come. What nature worked on and harnessed to develop in millennia will be gone in 25 years (the lifetime of a “Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement” for mining projects in the Philippines). ...; Created on 02 June 2021
12. Green group supports ban on open-pit mining, protection of 'no mining zones: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... by lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc. “Local 'no mining zones' and a legislated prohibition of the destructive open pit method will allow us to conserve our mineral resources until such time a genuine ...; Created on 27 May 2021
13. First Pre-Consultation Meeting with the Xinka People on the Escobal Mine: (Mining and Human Rights); ... to carry out the study. Finally, there has been much speculation about the timeline for completion of the process. However, the Xinka Parliament clarifies that, for the time being, the duration cannot ...; Created on 26 May 2021
14. PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya as court ruling gives mining company access to the site: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... caused by a judicial decision. However, the license continues to be suspended.” Brief timeline and context In March 2012 residents from San José del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc – an area known as La ...; Created on 22 May 2021
15. Community and environmental concerns not “pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s business: (Mining and Human Rights); ... walked away too and it has since been labeled a “time bomb”. There have been five emergency declarations due to the high levels of heavy metal contamination in the Moche river from acid mine drainage, ...; Created on 17 May 2021
16. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Times reports that the bureau estimates that the Philippines holds an estimated $840 billion USD in mineral deposits. Mining companies have been keen to exploit these mineral deposits. With 75 percent ...; Created on 12 May 2021
17. Pan American Silver Pressured to Shut Down Community Interference in Guatemala: (Mining and Human Rights); Counterpunch Jen Moore In the wake of a shooting attack, death threats, and fear of further violence against members of the peaceful resistance to Pan American Silver’s Escobal silver mine in Guatemala, ...; Created on 12 May 2021
18. Honduras: Supreme Court must correct distorted ruling & free arbitrarily detained Guapinol defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... rights defenders should be pursued without delay and ex officio by the State. The authorities should not, and cannot, wait for the defense to file appeals to request the release. In fact, the time that ...; Created on 11 May 2021
19. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... on no fewer than 530 separate occasions. Lobbyists met officials in the prime minister’s office alone thirty-three times. Liberal Supports Justin Trudeau has lined up Canadian foreign policy behind the ...; Created on 07 May 2021
20. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... and criminalization of environmental defenders. At the same time, state authorities have failed to meet human rights obligations. “We feel vulnerable. While we were always protesting pacifically, here ...; Created on 06 May 2021

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