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1. The fight for the environment in El Salvador gets recognition in Los Angeles: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Francisco Coto - La Opinion For 13 years, Vidalina Morales and other environmental activists, led constant fight against a Canadian/Australian mining company which threatened the north of El Salvador. ...; Created on 14 November 2017
2. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... level. In a joint statement, the organizations list the targets of their complaints: ESB (Electricity Supply Board) – an Irish state-owned company that buys coal from Cerrejón; the Dublin-based Coal Marketing ...; Created on 22 April 2021
3. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... mining companies use cyanide to separate the gold from the rock. That cyanide then gets into the water. El Salvador is a very small country and El Salvador basically has one main river that supplies more ...; Created on 22 March 2021
4. Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... who have peacefully opposed the mine for years, were falsely accused of sedition, making them targets for extrajudicial killings,” said Catherine Coumans of MiningWatch Canada. “In 2020, police used violent ...; Created on 25 February 2021
5. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... kilometres north of Los Filos in Guerrero state, as well as others elsewhere in the country, as industrial mines in Mexico have become targets for extortion by organized crime, often in collusion with ...; Created on 28 November 2020
6. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... home in Honduras by hired hitmen in 2016. A judge will decide whether the case against one of the alleged killers, David Castillo, gets sent to trial. At least 212 land and environmental defenders were ...; Created on 17 August 2020
7. Map reveals Canadian mining company’s environmental, social conflicts: (Regional News); ... attendees, away from the problems that often accompany these operations. “While Pan American Silver gets to promote its image as a gold+ sponsor of PDAC, the negative experiences of mining-impacted communities ...; Created on 02 March 2020
8. In El Salvador, a moment more precious than gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... suspended the mining permit of OceanaGold due to the enormous environmental destruction its project had caused. Padilla is a quiet man, slight of build and unimposing, but his voice gets deeper and his ...; Created on 26 June 2017
9. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... equivalent to three years of the Salvadoran national health, education and public safety budgets combined. Delivering the message – Making it emblematic A clear, evidence-based narrative is only as powerful ...; Created on 23 June 2017
10. El Salvador wins arbitration against Oceana Gold/Pacific Rim mining company: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... and gets out of El Salvador, and we demand the same of its subsidiaries Minerales Torogoz and El Dorado Foundation. We will be attentive and demanding that the Company will pay immediately the 8 million ...; Created on 20 October 2016
11. Urgent! Strengthening a powerful global voice in defence of life: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the affected population gets organized first. This reflection of hope concludes our talk, and we say goodbye with the belief that we can win this battle together. Just before leaving, we all repeat aloud: ...; Created on 29 September 2015
12. Salvadorans Warn Canadians About World Bank's Kangaroo Cour: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... territory in March. “If the ICSID forces El Salvador to pay the US$301 million, where is that money going to come from? From the already limited education and health budgets in the country?” asked Gálvez ...; Created on 18 May 2015
13. El Salvador, violence and impunity: (Mining and Human Rights); ... hunger for the world’s resources gets ever more competitive, killings of those defending their rights to land and the environment will rise and rise.” His team’s work in collecting information on murders ...; Created on 13 February 2014
14. Mining multinationals exploit Central America: (Water no Gold); ... expected profits’) through, say, environmental regulation, the door to litigation may be opened.” El Salvador proves that this threat is real. Undoubtedly poorer nations – whose national budgets are ...; Created on 03 December 2013
15. Buzzwords:Responsible Mining: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... definition of "responsible mining" focuses on "responsibility" in terms of who gets the economic and financial benefits of mining. Just as the first definition builds on mainstream economic theory, this ...; Created on 22 September 2013
16. Mining for Profits in International Tribunals - Updated: (Background and reports ); ... of the 158 ICSID member governments.[1] And yet they are the targets of 79 (46.7%) of the 169 ICSID pending cases (as of March 2013) and 31 (51%) of the 60 current extractive industries cases. In ...; Created on 12 July 2013
17. General information for participants: (2013 Fact Finding Mission); ... transportation to El Salvador and local accommodations. OTHER INFORMATION: We will be sending other information as the time gets closer in the meantime you can read the following article http://news.mongabay.com/2012/1022-mining-el-salvador-llewellyn.html ...; Created on 15 April 2013
18. Today’s Trivia Quiz: How Global Mining Corporations Are Able to Undermine Democracy: (FTAs & ISDS); ... trivia category is how global mining corporations undermine democracy. First a bit of background. The way licensing for mining works is that a company first gets an “exploration license.” With that license, ...; Created on 05 July 2012
19. Threats and Attacks to Religious Leader in Cabañas: (Mining and Human Rights); ... intellectual authors be brought to trial. 2. That adequate protection is provided for the environmentalists who have received threats or who have been targets of attacks, including Father Neftalí, ...; Created on 12 March 2012
20. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... in her home in Honduras by hired hitmen in 2016. A judge will decide whether the case against one of the alleged killers, David Castillo, gets sent to trial. At least 212 land and environmental defenders ...; Created on 17 August 2020

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