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1. Tamarind: (Contacts / T); Tamarind, Scientific Name: Tamarindus indica, Tamarinds are a versatile fruit used around the world. In its young form it is used in hot sauces; ripened it is the basis for many refreshing drinks. ...; Created on
2. Bananas: (Contacts / B); Bananas, Scientific Name: Musa, Bananas are a great source of potassium.; Created on
3. Apples: (Contacts / A); Apples, Scientific Name: Malus domestica, Apples are a versatile fruit, used for eating, cooking, and preserving. There are more that 7500 different kinds of apples grown around the world.; Created on
4. Setting the Record Straight: Debunking Ten Common Defenses of Controversial Investor-State Corporate Privileges: (ISDS); ... “myths” but these counter-claims rely on false and misleading information. This document describes 10 common defenses used by the USTR, and explains the reality for each of these arguments. http://www.citizen.org/documents/ustr-isds-response.pdf ...; Created on 30 April 2016
5. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Common Dreams Jessica Corbett Critics warn that the Salvadoran government is "desperate for revenues" and trying to "demobilize potential grassroots opposition" to reversing a historic nationwide ban ...; Created on 20 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); ... the tri national basin of the Lempa River is a resource shared as a unitary set of superficial and underground water bodies that flow to a common river mouth, as such it is an important resource that guarantees ...; Created on 12 June 2022
7. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... they reaffirmed their “rejection of the mining project as destructive and a threat to the life of the population and their natural commons.” Almost seven years earlier to the day, on May 23, 2014, police ...; Created on 07 June 2021
8. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... brought before the House of Commons that, if passed, would have established binding corporate social responsibility guidelines on Canadian mining companies operating overseas. Claver emphasized how powerful ...; Created on 12 May 2021
9. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... road to the mine. In response, community members in Tocoa, including Morazán, established the Municipal Committee for the Defence of Public and Common Goods to campaign against the dispossession of natural ...; Created on 06 May 2021
10. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... El Salvador’s attorney general’s office classified the killing as a “common gang crime,” but the water defenders were convinced that mining interests and their local political allies had masterminded the ...; Created on 23 April 2021
11. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... – employing around 3000 workers – enter to extract the ore manually, often at their own risk, without work or life insurance. The report notes that accidents at the mine are very common, especially when ...; Created on 22 April 2021
12. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... EITI via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) While mining industry revenue contributed just 0.76% of the Philippines’ GDP in 2020, according to the Philippine Statistics Office, the government expects an ...; Created on 15 April 2021
13. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and water, and for their lives as “ordinary” and “poorer” farmers seems to reveal more about the class assumptions of the describers than the common attributes of the described. Something else that haunts ...; Created on 11 April 2021
14. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... El Salvador's conservative ARENA [National Republican Alliance] party found common ground with former rebel leaders and Catholic Church officials to ban mining? Luis Parada Basically, they, like all the ...; Created on 22 March 2021
15. Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... of Parliament for Edmonton Strathcona, Heather McPherson, in the House of Commons on February 25, 2021, at 10:00 A.M. EST. Viewers can watch Ms. McPherson Heather table the petition on “House of Commons ...; Created on 25 February 2021
16. The trial for Guapinol water defender Jeremías Martínez begins today in Tegucigalpa, Honduras: (Mining and Human Rights); ... oxide mine. By 2017 the Municipal Committee for the Defence of Public and Common Goods had been created and called for public consultations so that community members could decide whether they wanted ...; Created on 22 February 2021
17. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... as to “comply with the provisions of the PZ Promoter and Organizer’s master plan common interest community declaration,” to be enacted on all land registered within the PZ. In exchange, Residents are promised ...; Created on 15 February 2021
18. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... for investors. The most common remedy is monetary damages, which is frequently honoured without the need for enforcement. However, if a State fails to honour an award, investors may take various measures ...; Created on 06 January 2021
19. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... state authorities. Carrizalillo’s losses: A lesson to others Equinox Gold’s refusal to accept responsibility for its actions is not uncommon in the mining industry. Mining executives love to talk ad ...; Created on 28 November 2020
20. The hidden connection between a US steel company and the controversial Los Pinares mine in Honduras: (Regional News); ... register its investment in Honduras. Katherine Miller, Director of Public Affairs and Corporate Communications at Nucor, responded by email: "As is common with joint business ventures sited in foreign locations, ...; Created on 28 November 2020

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