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1. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); PROSPECT Sasha Chavkin From tropical rain forests to drinkable water, a vast share of the planet’s essential environmental resources are found in developing countries. When growth-oriented governments ...; Created on 23 April 2021
2. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... mining giants Anglo American and BHP. The exclusive marketer of Cerrejón coal worldwide is the Dublin-based CMC (Coal Marketing Company) owned by the same three corporations. The environmental, social ...; Created on 22 April 2021
3. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... affecting the investor's balance sheet or having an impact on cash flow. What does investment protection involve? There are more than 2,000 investment treaties currently in force worldwide. The majority ...; Created on 06 January 2021
4. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... are affected worldwide, " expressed Guadalupe Rodríguez, spokesperson for Salva la Selva. Buena Vista copper mine, in the community of Cananea, in Sonora. In 2014, this mine caused an environmental ...; Created on 09 August 2020
5. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... organizations worldwide. The Institute for Policy Studies contributed to a snapshot report, Voices from the Ground, which provides examples to back up the statement. “The Coronavirus Convention” Mining ...; Created on 23 July 2020
6. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... the deadliest country for land and environmental defenders in 2018, when 30 people were killed. Last year, over half of the 212 reported killings worldwide occurred in just two countries: Colombia, with ...; Created on 04 October 2019
7. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... companies are the most likely sector to make use of ISDS worldwide. Canadian mining companies make up the bulk of the mining firms that are suing governments in Latin America, including many junior exploration ...; Created on 03 May 2019
8. International Allies statement on the victory of the people of El Salvador Vs OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... We would like to express our commitment to continue to support this struggle that is a worldwide example against mining exploitation and free trade and investment treaties that trample the rights of peoples. ...; Created on 10 November 2016
9. PRESS RELEASE: Coalition of Groups States “There are No Winners”: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Cabañas, El Salvador / Washington DC / Ottawa / Melbourne – Civil society groups worldwide that have allied with Salvadoran communities and organizations working on mining and environmental issues reacted ...; Created on 14 October 2016
10. Justice delayed: Environmentalists assassinated in Cabañas remembered: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... worldwide fetes. A few days after the signing of the of the accord in December, members of mining affected communities in one of the countries most affected by climate change, have gathered to commemorate ...; Created on 07 January 2016
11. Bill Clinton Leads Sinister Business Alliance in El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim, and Canadian businessman Frank Giustra, who has made a career out of major investments worldwide in mining, from gold and diamonds to uranium, among other industries. ...; Created on 19 November 2015
12. EARTH DAY 2014: El Salvador faces critical environmental challenges: (Media Releases); ... the newly elected government and the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador to honor the celebration of Earth Day worldwide by promoting concrete actions such as the adoption of the General Water law, the ...; Created on 23 April 2014
13. El Salvador, violence and impunity: (Mining and Human Rights); ... that more than one environmental activist was killed per week, worldwide, between 2002 and 2011. The researchers say that killings are accompanied by “a very low number of convictions and credible investigations, ...; Created on 13 February 2014
14. July 22, 2013 Global Day of Action Against Open Pit Mining: The National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining reiterates demand for legislation prohibiting metal mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... movements worldwide, at the same time we reiterate to the Salvadoran government that we still have the opportunity to prohibit all forms of metal mining and set an important precedent for the defense of ...; Created on 22 July 2013
15. The Rights Clash: (Commerce Group); ... Group and Pacific Rim then used to sue the Salvadoran government. Complicating things further, the Salvadoran government had already passed domestic legislation during the worldwide structural adjustment ...; Created on 15 July 2013

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