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1. Recent Statements Cause Alarm for the Anti-Mining Movement: (Mining and Human Rights); Recent Statements Cause Alarm for the Anti-Mining Movement After months of waiting for the Salvadoran central government to release its mining sector Strategic Environmental Assessment, the Vice-Minister ...; Created on 24 May 2012
2. International community calls for release of El Salvador antimining activists: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the world and was celebrated as a landmark step for environmental policy. But in recent years, President Nayib Bukele’s government has taken some steps that suggest it’s reconsidering its position on ...; Created on 20 December 2023
3. International Week of Action Free the Santa Marta 5: (Free the Santa Marta 5); International week of action to defend El Salvador´s mining ban and demand the release of the five Water Defenders of Santa Marta As social organizations in El Salvador recently celebrated the sixth ...; Created on 08 April 2023
4. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the state has already lost at least $60 million on these investments due to recent crypto devaluation. This amount is not a large proportion of El Salvador’s finances — the country’s GDP is currently ...; Created on 06 April 2023
5. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... he explained, "recent government actions signal an imminent reopening of the mining sector: El Salvador joined the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining in 2021, legislation to create a Directorate of Hydrocarbons ...; Created on 20 January 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); ... paramilitary groups, including the massacres perpetrated in Santa Marta and surrounding communities, by troops from the Sensuntepeque Military Detachment No2, led by the recently deceased Colonel Sigifredo ...; Created on 13 January 2023
7. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation: (Cerro Blanco); ... waste systems, recently published by the Heinrich Boll Foundation confirms the concerns expressed by environmental organizations. Dr. Dina Lopez, a retired vulcanologist from the University of Ohio, has ...; Created on 22 September 2022
8. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... talking about the territories being given to people who have money. How does the ZEDE project affect the Garífuna people? In recent years we have been facing such strong pressure. The “Ciudades Modelo”, ...; Created on 25 December 2021
9. Communique: Community organizations fear the return of metal mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... were aware of the impacts that mining exploitation would have on water and the environment in general. In recent days we have learned that the Salvadoran government has approached specialists from the ...; Created on 16 December 2021
10. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of directors of the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM), were recently in the country to “promote debate on mining for sustainable development”, revealing a clear intention that threatens the interests ...; Created on 14 December 2021
11. The law on the right to water reaches Parliament, "people's lives are at stake" warns Cardinal Rosa Chav: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... have water as a fundamental human right", underlined the Cardinal. In recent days, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced that the issue of water will be discussed in the Legislative Assembly and ...; Created on 15 June 2021
12. Mining is not ‘recovery’: (OceanaGold Philippines); Inquirer Efenita Taqueban and Gideon Lasco In the name of “recovery” from the pandemic, the Philippine government has opened up mining opportunities in the country, with the President recently lifting ...; Created on 02 June 2021
13. Scientists, fishers say new mining deals to cause more damage than good: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... but a false show; his crackdown against big mines was a toothless tiger merely declared for public image building… Duterte is a national traitor at its best in this respect,” Hicap said. Recently, the ...; Created on 24 May 2021
14. Community and environmental concerns not “pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s business: (Mining and Human Rights); ... environment. Recently, 30,000 residents of Chubut signed a petition demanding their legislature approve a “Popular Initiative” that would expand and complement the environmental protections in the existing ...; Created on 17 May 2021
15. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... were done.” The law allowed for the occupation and commodification of public land by US citizens. “It was only recently that the old mining act was replaced,” said Claver. He said mining operations are ...; Created on 12 May 2021
16. Pan American Silver Pressured to Shut Down Community Interference in Guatemala: (Mining and Human Rights); ... then by court order for discrimination and lack of prior consultation with the Xinka people. Most recently, on April 14, unknown assailants fired shots at the home of one of the Xinka representatives ...; Created on 12 May 2021
17. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... rights, in practice, they have served to prop up Canada’s predatory, globe-trotting mining industry. Crimes and Misconduct Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has recently criticized ...; Created on 07 May 2021
18. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... A UN working group recently ruled that the the detention of the eight defenders is arbitrary. The defenders have since launched legal action, and Blanca Izaguirre, the country’s human rights ombudsperson ...; Created on 06 May 2021
19. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... corporate power. These alliances allow bad actors to run roughshod over community resistance, from towns like Marcelo Rivera’s to the Brazilian Amazon to the palm oil plantations of Indonesia. Recent investigations ...; Created on 23 April 2021
20. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption: (OceanaGold); ... is worthwhile. Another neighbor speaking against the expansion said he’s unnerved by the gold mine’s recent history of violating environmental laws. The Haile Gold Mine and a laboratory have been fined ...; Created on 02 April 2021

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