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1. Informe Especial sobre el Proyecto Minero “Cerro Blanco” y las Potenciales Vulneraciones a Derechos Humanos en la Población Salvadoreña: (Human Rights); Oscar Humberto Luna The Cerro Blanco mining project in Guatemala is a threat to El Salvador’s water quality and quantity. This report describes possible human rights violations that may impact the Salvadoran ...; Created on 30 April 2016
2. PRESS RELEASE: Mesa introduces new Special Law to Ban Mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); Given the socio-environmental crisis in the country, we demand the Legislature discuss and approve the proposed Special Law to Ban Metallic Mining In 2006, we presented to the Legislative Assembly a ...; Created on 01 October 2013
3. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... motives behind the arrests. Furthermore, the five organizers are being prosecuted by a specialized war-crimes team set up by Bukele, raising worries that the ruling may be dictated from above for political ...; Created on 06 April 2023
4. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of the current government." "This further raises questions about whether the attorney general's true motivation is to attempt to silence these water defenders, especially in light of the current administration' ...; Created on 20 January 2023
5. Public statement from social movement organizations on the detention of members of the Santa Marta community and ADES in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... 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 ...; Created on 13 January 2023
6. Public statement of the Local Governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, regarding the “Cerro Blanco” mining project, developed by the ...: (Cerro Blanco); ... Rescue of the Lempa River", are gathered today in response to the threat represented by metal mining exploitation and especially the "Cerro Blanco" mining project, located in the municipality of Asunción ...; Created on 12 June 2022
7. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... comprehensive strategy to destroy the institutionality. It is a country where, even today, this Machiavellian project called Special Economic Development Zones (ZEDE) can be installed, small states within ...; Created on 25 December 2021
8. PRESS RELESE: Environmental Organizations Dennounce Privatization of Water in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... fact that is the most important strategic aquifer reserve in the country and that it is currently in crisis, it does not grant a Special Administration Regime, nor does it address in detail a Water Planning ...; Created on 23 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); ... foreign and multilateral institutions or organizations "linked to the mining sector”; promoting the exploration of special areas where deposits with confirmed economic potential are located; and coordinating ...; Created on 14 December 2021
11. First Pre-Consultation Meeting with the Xinka People on the Escobal Mine: (Mining and Human Rights); ... to reach agreements regarding the start of the pre-consultation process. Aleisar Arana, Huxi Hurak of the Xinka People said, “It is a very special day, a day we fought for, a day that will remain in ...; Created on 26 May 2021
12. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... companies have seen a warm welcome from the Philippine government. “By government policy, the Philippines is wide open to foreign companies, especially the extractive business of mining. The regime of ...; Created on 12 May 2021
13. Pan American Silver Pressured to Shut Down Community Interference in Guatemala: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs Kukpi7 Judy Wilson and Winona LaDuke, former UN Special Rapporteurs Michel Forst and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, and influential authors Noam Chomsky and Naomi ...; Created on 12 May 2021
14. Honduras: Supreme Court must correct distorted ruling & free arbitrarily detained Guapinol defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... widely as possible". The Working Group(WG) is a specialized body of the United Nations, composed of five independent experts from different regions of the world, authorized by the UN Human Rights ...; Created on 11 May 2021
15. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... the statement states. This comes a few months after the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment appealed to Colombia and the company to protect the communities affected by Cerrejón, particularly ...; Created on 22 April 2021
16. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... companies which have been suspended … plan to expand their mining operations in Palawan,” she told Mongabay. She added it’s especially alarming that these mining permits target areas of natural forest ...; Created on 15 April 2021
17. What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... a contest of right versus left than right versus wrong—an idea that’s also central to the Reverend William J. Barber II and the Poor People’s Campaign in this country. Yes, the left-wing FMLN party—especially ...; Created on 05 April 2021
18. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... Voters of South Carolina, said environmentalists plan to speak out about the mine expansion proposal. “The conservation community will be weighing in on the expansion permits, especially given the recent ...; Created on 30 March 2021
19. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Orgánic production promotes chemical-free products for the consumer. Lourdes Molina, senior economist and specialist in ecological economics at the Central American Institute for Fiscal Studies (Instituto ...; Created on 05 January 2021
20. Honduran justice denies defenders of the Guapinol river to wait for their trial in freedom: (Regional News); ... new Penal Code that has been enacted since June 2020. Faced with this situation, the Honduran population and especially organizations that defend human rights and work on anti-corruption, have questioned ...; Created on 28 December 2020

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