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1. US Senators introduce bill to tackle corruption & rights violations in Honduras - cite Guapinol case: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Is Investigated by U.S. Federal Prosecutors for Drug Trafficking, Corruption Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, and Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Richard Durbin (D-IL) today led ...; Created on 23 February 2021
2. 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); ... in the health of populations, corruption, and poverty. We subscribe to this pronouncement on behalf of the municipal governments, members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, in full compliance ...; Created on 12 June 2022
3. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Harris is traveling to Guatemala this week to discuss solutions to the poverty, violence, and corruption that are among the driving forces of migration. Contributing to these drivers are neoliberal arrangements, ...; Created on 07 June 2021
4. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); JACOBIN Yves Engler Three-quarters of the world’s mining companies are headquartered in Canada. Canadian mining firms are mired in corruption and human rights abuses around the world, yet Justin Trudeau ...; Created on 07 May 2021
5. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... criminalization, social media attacks and constant threats. Several residents have been forced to flee Honduras to escape criminal persecution. Meanwhile, the state uses corruption and police repression ...; Created on 06 May 2021
6. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the collapse of the rule of law. In the remote regions where many environmental resources are found, development projects are often backed by a toxic mix of political corruption, organized crime, and unchecked ...; Created on 23 April 2021
7. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... to create a global market of private governments. However, internal disagreements and public controversies over government corruption, drug trafficking, and electoral fraud slowed the project. Government ...; Created on 15 February 2021
8. Honduran justice denies defenders of the Guapinol river to wait for their trial in freedom: (Regional News); ... the multiple measures applied in favor of former public officials and business executives implicated in high-impact corruption cases and who have been released by the justice in the application of the ...; Created on 28 December 2020
9. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... corruption acts? It’s been almost four years since Odebrecht admitted to paying bribes to obtain infrastructure contracts throughout Latin America, and the consequences stemming from the scandal are ...; Created on 19 December 2020
10. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... in power despite multiple allegations of corruption, electoral fraud and links to international drug trafficking networks. Since then, hundreds of defenders have been killed, and many others silenced ...; Created on 07 October 2020
11. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands: (Regional News); ... to break down during the pandemic, as it did in January 2020, it would be even more disastrous. Allegations and cases of corruption within the entity responsible for water services (Administración Nacional ...; Created on 11 September 2020
12. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); ... against this corruption and impunity and are needed now more than ever. The ‘Guapinol 8’ have been locked away from their families for a year but Trócaire will continue to support them and their community ...; Created on 01 September 2020
13. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... leniency of the Guatemalan state toward extractive industries. This, coupled with rampant government corruption and privileged connections allowed KCA to meet its objectives: consolidate the mining project ...; Created on 24 August 2020
14. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... and several other congressmembers are denouncing plans by the Trump administration to invest $1 billion over the next three years in a hydropower project in Honduras plagued by accusations of corruption ...; Created on 17 August 2020
15. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... corruption," as expressed by Pedro Landa, an activist of the Reflection, Research, and Communication Team (ERIC), based in El Progreso, Honduras. ERIC, part of the Society of Jesus, has a 40-year history ...; Created on 09 August 2020
16. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... continue to make power grabs. In Honduras, the dictatorial government of President Juan Orlando Hernández, which has been widely discredited by corruption and links to drug trafficking, has imposed a ...; Created on 23 July 2020
17. In El Estor: a chain of breaches and contempt by CGN-PRONICO puts the lives of human rights defenders at risk: (Regional News); ... and the judicial system. Solway's corrupt money contributes to the corruption that pervades the repressive and judicial apparatuses of the Izabal and Alta Verapaz region. Given the contempt for the Constitutional ...; Created on 12 June 2020
18. Civil society presents a proposal for the Water Law in the Legislative Assembly: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... resources. Representatives of civil society organizations, have argued that the national reality of El Salvador is historically plagued with abuses, corruption and theft of the national wealth, and the ...; Created on 20 April 2020
19. Over two hundred organizations denounce multimillion-dollar suit brought by U.S. mining firm against Guatemala: (Media Releases); ... Jimmy Morales over to the Court’s rulings on mining projects, as well as efforts by the executive branch to put the brakes on corruption investigations involving high level officials. “We fear that the ...; Created on 04 May 2019
20. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala: (Cerro Blanco); ... the ministry´s technical team, then the company resorted to corruption and pressured the Minister of Environment to remove the technical team that had rejected that study. They succeeded, the team was ...; Created on 03 May 2019

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