... even President Rodrigo Duterte expressed concern over the gold-copper mine’s resumption of operations. We strongly oppose the renewal of the FTAA (Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement) of OceanaGold. ...
By: Oscar López -CoLatino / Translated by: Marco Melloni
People of different communities in the San Isidro municipality, region of Cabañas, manifested their opposition to a metal mining project in the ...
... is one of the most deforested countries in Latin America and are experiencing the harshest effects of climate change.
Why we oppose this:
This case undermines national sovereignty and directly contradicts ...
Water Forum of El Salvador Opposes the Government's Mining Suspension
Today, sitting beneath banners that read “For sustainability and the Right to Water” the Water Form of El Salvador held a press ...
... of the Water Defenders, environmental organizations in El Salvador and their International Allies who have historically opposed metallic mining are calling for international days of action to start on ...
... in neighboring Guatemala, which is owned by Canadian company Bluestone Resources. A recent referendum found that 89 percent of locals from nearby Asunción Mita opposed mining activity due to environmental ...
... contributed enormously to the development of the country, especially in environmental protection in areas such as the fight against metallic mining.
2. We are not opposed to investigating crimes committed ...
... UCA, showed that 79.5% of participants considered El Salvador to be an inappropriate country for mining metals. In the same survey, 76% of those surveyed were opposed to the opening of mining projects ...
... reading vote of 285 in favour, against 3 opposed, to a third reading of 134 in favour and 140 opposed?”
He notes that 26 Liberal members of parliament and 4 NDP members did not attend the vote.
The ...
... strongly oppose the mining projects of Canadian firms Pan American Silver, Yamana Gold, and Eldorado Gold.
Tensions resulting from mining projects are running high in the country. Mining and real estate ...
... who have opposed the mine have been killed, putting its owner, Inversiones Los Pinares, at the centre of a deadly environmental conflict in the mineral-rich Bajo Aguán region. Local communities are concerned ...
... of Salvadorans to oppose mining, including more than 3 out of 5 consulted in a 2007 University of Central America poll.
The most shocking ordeal faced by the water defenders was Rivera’s gruesome murder. ...
... multinational miner” and that it had the strong endorsement of residents in local communities in and around the mine, including Indigenous people.
In fact, the mine is strongly opposed by local communities ...
... wonder about the long-term effects, not only for our land, but for my children and my grandchildren. And I am definitely opposed to any expansion of the mine at this point.’’
The hearing centered on ...
... 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 ...
... waited since Friday that the judge would finally release the defenders of the San Pedro and Guapinol rivers, located in the municipality of Tocoa, in the department of Colón. The defenders are opposed ...
... the gathering of evidence, the tribunal adopted an active – as opposed to a passive – role. The Tribunal decided to go beyond and didn’t limit its determination on evidence obtained from the parties and ...
... in February 2021. In this pre-electoral context, right-wing support for the constitutional reform can be understood as an attempt to gain approval from a population that widely opposes privatization, not ...
... Honduran businessman Lenir Pérez and his wife Ana Isabel Facussé, owners of Inversiones Los Pinares -- a company that is waging battle against the residents of a town called Guapinol, who oppose the company' ...
... to oppose the project was met with violence. On 7 September 2018, one young protester was shot and seriously injured when scores of armed security guards working for the mine attempted to evict the camp. ...