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1. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... since 2007, when exploration for additional gold deposits began. The expansion could produce $256 million in gold and silver annually, one federal environmental impact report says. “They’re good business ...; Created on 30 March 2021
2. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); ... Other corporations settled for hundreds of millions more. With countries scrambling to survive the global Covid-19 pandemic, many other countries could suffer Argentina’s fate. As economies falter, these ...; Created on 23 July 2020
3. The lawsuit that could put El Salvador in check: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... decision not to give it a concession to exploit gold. The Salvadoran government claims the exploitation could contaminate the scarce water resources that the nation has. The initial demand made by ...; Created on 30 September 2015
4. Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the capital, San Salvador, could languish in overcrowded cells for months before formal charges are filed in court. The ongoing state of emergency has suspended a wide range of civil liberties and led ...; Created on 04 April 2023
5. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... relies on child labor and mercury. There are other signs that mining could be on its way back. A government agency to regulate the energy and mining industries, called the General Directorate of Energy, ...; Created on 03 April 2023
6. Public statement from social movement organizations on the detention of members of the Santa Marta community and ADES in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... governments’ strategies aimed at undermining community and civil society organizations. In this case, attacks against the staff of DES could be related to the intentions of the current government to reopen ...; Created on 13 January 2023
7. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation: (Cerro Blanco); ... rights of Guatemalan citizens to be consulted on important matters that could affect their lives and territories. Sowing division in the communities Following the results of the consultations where ...; Created on 22 September 2022
8. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... Berta." That chorus of Berta multiplied makes her present, many people know her. She is a woman who was murdered, but could not be silenced. That is why, in 2019, a decade after the coup d'état, the Assembl ...; Created on 25 December 2021
9. PRESS RELESE: Environmental Organizations Dennounce Privatization of Water in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... which unconstitutionally allocate more than 25 million liters of water per day. With this amount of water ANDA could supply half a million people, ending shortages and injustice in impoverished municipalities ...; Created on 23 December 2021
10. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... against the government could not be further from the truth. In fact, the Company would not have been able to operate its open-pit gold mine in the region in the first place if not for disproportionate ...; Created on 07 June 2021
11. Scientists, fishers say new mining deals to cause more damage than good: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... the president said in the executive order. According to the DENR, over a hundred mining projects in the pipeline could potentially generate P21 billion or around $438 million in revenues, which would ...; Created on 24 May 2021
12. To the General Public, The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya states: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... action that the mining company carries out which could gives indications of further exploitation, given that the licence remains suspended until an enquiry is carried out into the State violation of the ...; Created on 23 May 2021
13. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... policy recommendations that, if enacted, could potentially reduce the harm caused by mining companies. She encouraged people in Canada to call on the Canadian government “to empower the ombudsperson within ...; Created on 12 May 2021
14. Philippines' Duterte lifts ban on new mining deals: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... a series of devastating mining accidents. The executive order released Thursday was welcomed by the mining sector -- but green groups branded the decision "outrageous" and warned it could lead to more environmental ...; Created on 05 May 2021
15. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... organs and cognitive problems. A March 2021 publication revealed that Glencore could be considering selling several of its assets in South America, including Sinchi Wayra and Illapa. There is no confirmation ...; Created on 22 April 2021
16. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... warn the new order could further endanger defenders as well as open key biodiversity areas to mining. MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte has issued an order to lift a nine-year moratorium on granting new ...; Created on 15 April 2021
17. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... they write, “On that balmy evening in 2009, who could have guessed that Miguel’s questions [about the ICSID lawsuit] and Vidalina’s call to action would pull us two—and thousands of others around the world—into ...; Created on 11 April 2021
18. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption: (OceanaGold); ... leaks from the waste disposal pond could pollute well water, as well as a creek that runs by her family’s home, particularly since the mine has broken environmental laws multiple times. For now, she’s ...; Created on 02 April 2021
19. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of that award, starting another process that could last another two years. So, yes, it was a welcome surprise. Marco Werman: So what do you think this experience says about how political change is happening ...; Created on 22 March 2021
20. Mine reappears on list of suspects: Lead source inquiry welcomed: (OceanaGold); ... had "largely" ruled out lead discharges from the mine, but other "water chemistry changes" could have had an impact downstream. "Our work on that is not yet complete, but we are working closely with representatives ...; Created on 13 March 2021

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