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1. Nueva Trinidad: 3rd Municipality in El Salvador to Declare Itself a “Mining Free Territory”: (Territories Free of Mining); Juan Carlos Jimenez - Upside Down World Nueva Trinidad, an agricultural town in the department of Chalatenango in El Salvador, became the third municipality in the country to declare itself a “Territory ...; Created on 18 April 2015
2. Municipality of San Jose Las Flores declared the first territory free of mining in El Salvador: (Territories Free of Mining); ... a sleepy town nestled among the hills of the department of Chalatenango, as it voted to protect its natural resources against the effects of the metal mining industry and to become the first territory ...; Created on 24 September 2014
3. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation: (Cerro Blanco); ... with the presence of mining projects that would affect the natural resources in their territory, and the answer of the people was a resounding no. Asuncion Mita is the capital of the eastern department ...; Created on 22 September 2022
4. 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); ... International Treaties signed by Guatemala related to international waters. iii. Likewise, we exhort the government of El Salvador not to backtrack on the prohibition of metal mining in Salvadoran territory. ...; Created on 12 June 2022
5. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... the rights of the Garífuna people, OFRANEH received the Letelier-Moffitt Prize for Human Rights from the Institute for Political Studies (IPS). * The territory of the Garífuna people in Honduras has ...; Created on 25 December 2021
6. PRESS RELESE: Environmental Organizations Dennounce Privatization of Water in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... needs, as it has been done to date. The Law does not solve the injustice that is generated in the coastal marine territory of the country. The illegal exploitation carried out by the sugar agribusiness ...; Created on 23 December 2021
7. PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya as court ruling gives mining company access to the site: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... goods and territory.” “Faced with this situation, they call on the population, to be vigilant in the face of any action by the mining company, which may give evidence of continued exploitation, since ...; Created on 22 May 2021
8. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... includes the call of the Lubicon Cree to end the oil and gas industry’s occupation of their traditional territory in Northern Alberta, and the call from Secwepemc and Tsleil-Waututh land defenders, among ...; Created on 12 May 2021
9. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... territory surrounding the mining project. We have recommended a thorough, prompt and impartial investigation of the human rights abuses by military police and paramilitary forces against human rights defenders ...; Created on 06 May 2021
10. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... degradation, communities and organizations in La Guajira suffer constant death threats for defending their territory. This is a huge concern, considering that Colombia is one of the most dangerous countries ...; Created on 22 April 2021
11. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... to each practice that is developed in each territory." It points out that it is important for communities to learn to innovate and develop actions that allow them to enter the local and national market. ...; Created on 05 January 2021
12. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... collective and continuous defense of ancestral land and territory, and assertion of their ways of life and the right to self-determination. As the pandemic ravages and the global crisis deepen, the world’s ...; Created on 17 December 2020
13. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... too, may suffer should a mine be allowed to gain a foothold on their territory. High gold prices, policies favouring continued mining industry expansion in Mexico, and the tremendous indifference of ...; Created on 28 November 2020
14. 5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras: (Regional News); ... compensate the Garífuna community for the territory that had been taken over by foreigners and companies for tourist projects. As of present day, the ruling has yet to be met. “The Honduran state is ...; Created on 03 September 2020
15. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... men who were reportedly wearing police uniforms and forced them into three unmarked vehicles at gunpoint. This was the latest attack against the Garífuna community as they defend their territory from destructive ...; Created on 17 August 2020
16. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... industry was declared non-essential, mining companies in the territory had to close operations from the beginning of April, a period of suspension that had to extend until May 31. Yet, mining companies ...; Created on 09 August 2020
17. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... Amazon, the event may have contributed to an outbreak in Indigenous Shuar territory. Several Shuar community members traveled to Toronto upon invitation of Canadian mining company Solaris Copper, which ...; Created on 23 July 2020
18. Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... a lawsuit brought forwards by Pacific Rim, and have El Salvador set up an example around the work as the first country to completely ban metal mining activities in its territory. After a 12 twelve ...; Created on 15 July 2020
19. World Environment Day with nothing to celebrate: (Regional News); ... within the national territory. With the slogan "For the planet, water and territory", the XX Ecological Walk was carried out online given the current health and climate situation. The online Ecological ...; Created on 06 June 2020
20. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... she said. “We have donated this time in defense of our territory and of future generations… and we´ll continue to struggle until the end.” For their peaceful resistance, La Puya has faced serious reprisals. ...; Created on 03 May 2020

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