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1. El Salvador: first anniversary of the mining ban A cause for celebration, but the new law faces dangers: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Andrés McKinley - UK LAB On March 29th, 2017, the small country of El Salvador became the first nation in the world to exercise its sovereign right to say “no” to metallic mining after carefully analyzing ...; Created on 22 June 2018
2. New Study Shows Dangers of Trade Agreements that Help Corporations Sue Govenments: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... similar concerns in the trans-Atlantic talks. The Pacific Rim/OceanaGold case is an advertisement of the dangers of such rules. As we write these words, the Canadian mining company Infinito Gold has ...; Created on 25 March 2014
3. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... as the dangers that await if it is overturned. Bukele’s Scheming Unlike previous presidents, Nayib Bukele, elected in 2019, has not condemned mining. In fact, the gains made by social movements have ...; Created on 06 April 2023
4. Community and environmental concerns not “pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s business: (Mining and Human Rights); ... which began under Pan American Silver’s watch, as well as dangers related to the instability of its tailing impoundments. The same question was posed concerning the community of La Colorada, Mexico, ...; Created on 17 May 2021
5. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... severely wounded. He is a national spokesperson for the Cordillera Peoples’ Alliance. Claver knows first-hand the dangers facing land defenders in the Philippines who resist mining and other industrial ...; Created on 12 May 2021
6. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... with an appeal to his knowledge of the dangers of cyanide, which is used in gold-mining operations, based on a degree he had obtained in chemistry. How can poor countries and communities protect the ...; Created on 23 April 2021
7. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... assassinated. These water defenders won over the most unlikely of allies, like a conservative archbishop alarmed by the dangers of cyanide. They even flew in a governor from the Philippines, who spoke ...; Created on 28 March 2021
8. Vizcaya governor asks Rody to end 2 mine operations: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... of OPGI …endangers the lives of the community… please heed our appeal. NO TO RENEWAL OF OGPI FTAA [the 25-year Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement].” In his letter to Duterte, Padilla expressed ...; Created on 21 January 2021
9. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... could offer support, including amnesty, if dangers escalated. The answer to both requests was no, and according to Coumans, the diplomat they spoke with said he wouldn’t issue a public statement because ...; Created on 04 October 2019
10. It is urgent to permanently close the dark chapter of metallic mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... CRIPDES, UNES, ARPAS and UCA welcome this action because before the new legislature was installed, we warned the country about the dangers of reverting of this Law and we demanded that the newly elected ...; Created on 31 May 2018
11. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... dangers of cyanide), and convinced the majority of people that “water is life.” Different parts of the movement were willing to work with a variety of allies in both the legislative and executive branches ...; Created on 26 June 2017
12. Amid TPP Fight, El Salvador Mining Case Shows Danger of Corporate Tribunals: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Deirdre Fulton - Common Dreams A Salvadoran delegation is in Canada this week to warn of how investor provisions threaten democracy, public health, and environment In a case illustrating the dangers ...; Created on 18 May 2015
13. Salvadorans Warn Canadians About World Bank's Kangaroo Cour: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... is also a founding member of the country's National Roundtable against Metal Mining. They have also been reminding Canadians of the dangers they face through investor provisions in existing and proposed ...; Created on 18 May 2015
14. Stop the Suits Tour: (Stop the Suits: 2015 Canada Tour); ... speak publicly and meet with Members of Parliament to request support for the Salvadoran people’s struggle and warn of dangers that Canadians face through investor provisions in existing and proposed free ...; Created on 07 May 2015
15. Solidarity Statement from Philippine Groups on El Salvador vs Oceana Gold/Pacific Rim: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... mining cases against El Salvador should also be a wake up call to the Philippine government of the dangers of investment rules that give corporations the power to sue governments, thereby putting corporate ...; Created on 11 September 2014
16. PRESS RELEASE: La Mesa to introduce new mining legislation: (Media Releases); Because mining endangers life, the Salvadoran government must ban metallic mining. In 2006 the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining in El Salvador introduced a bill to regulate mining activity ...; Created on 22 September 2013
17. Pacific Rim’s announcement of a US $315 million increase in its law suit against El Salvador denounced by members of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... has time and again exercised their right to say no to metallic mining. Resource extraction is not an option for development in our country due the serious dangers it posses to people’s health and the environment, ...; Created on 03 April 2013
18. MEDIA ADVISORY: (March 2013 North American Tour); ... including those confronting their own local mining issues. The speaking tour will be followed by an international Fact-Finding Mission to El Salvador on May 9-13, aiming to build awareness around the dangers ...; Created on 24 February 2013
19. BACKGROUND MINING IN EL SALVADOR: (Background and reports ); ... Central American resistance that protects all their shared watersheds. The Mesais fighting back against Pacific Rim and other companies in El Salvador by educating the population around the dangers ...; Created on 23 February 2013
20. Sign Your Organization On to Support the Mesa: (2013 International Support for Mining Ban); ... supplies, the environment and public health in this densely populated country, as well as the dangers posed to democratic governance by the corporate attacks of the Commerce Group and Pacific Rim, the ...; Created on 31 October 2012

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