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21. Reactivation of Cerro Blanco Mining Project: (Mining and Human Rights); ... is back in the news after announcing its reactivation. Why is it important for us to be informed about this case? We explain more in this first thread: According to MadreSelva, Bluestone Resources, the ...; Created on 06 May 2021
22. Gov’t finalizing terms for OceanaGold’s FTAA renewal: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... gold and copper mine have lost their jobs during the first round of permanent layoffs conducted by OceanaGold. Along with the termination of direct employees, approximately 400 people working with contractors ...; Created on 05 May 2021
23. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... State Dispute Settlement system (ISDS). Glencore’s operations in Bolivia are carried out through the mining companies Sinchi Wayra and Illapa (the first is a holding company that owns the second). Together ...; Created on 22 April 2021
24. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); SIERRA CLUB John Gibler In 2017, El Salvador became the first country in the world to ban metal mining. Robin Broad and John Cavanagh present the story of the social struggles and legal battles behind ...; Created on 11 April 2021
25. What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); The Nation Robin Broad and John Cavanagh In March 2017, people from poorer communities across El Salvador stood up to corporate power and convinced their legislature to make their country the first ...; Created on 05 April 2021
26. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption: (OceanaGold); ... dealing with loud noises from the mine that keep people up at night, Estridge said. “We’re on land that has been owned by our family for over 100 years in this area, and we were here first,’’ she said, ...; Created on 02 April 2021
27. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... environmental study says. Additionally, the company for the first time plans to dig an underground mine that would be up to 1,314 feet below the surface. OceanaGold officials said they run an environmentally ...; Created on 30 March 2021
28. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... first-hand about abuses by the same mining company, OceanaGold, in his province. Against extraordinary opposition, these communities convinced their government in 2017 to become the first in the world ...; Created on 28 March 2021
29. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... spectrum? Luis Parada: Marcelo Rivera was the first activist that sounded the alarm about the danger of metallic mining in the province of Cabañas, where he was from. And he's the one that started educating ...; Created on 22 March 2021
30. Urgent Action: Immediately release Guapinol defenders in high risk: (Mining and Human Rights); ... defenders and for exercising their legitimate rights. Furthermore, it noted that there is no reason to prosecute them in the first place. The Working Group emphasized that they should be released and redressed ...; Created on 14 March 2021
31. The trial for Guapinol water defender Jeremías Martínez begins today in Tegucigalpa, Honduras: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Honduran Congress cut 217 hectares from the core zone of the park from which construction was prohibited. On January 28, 2014, the first licence was granted to Emco Mining for their planned open-pit iron ...; Created on 22 February 2021
32. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of Honduran sovereignty or were simply a new form of democratic local government. The constitutional charter of Honduras’ first ZEDE, Próspera, along with its extensive code of rules, was made public at ...; Created on 15 February 2021
33. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... Colombia and Mexico. Based on public notices of intent and speculations surrounding current political developments, this wave is likely to continue in 2021. Peru. The first Investor-State case filed ...; Created on 21 January 2021
34. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... we first briefly explain what protection under an investment treaty involves before analysing the rise of investment claims in the mining sector in 2020 and its likely continued rise in 2021 and beyond. ...; Created on 06 January 2021
35. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... to make the first eras (blocks of land separated with living barriers) and we started selling and we liked it”, said Juan. Juan explains that they were interested in organic agricultural production but ...; Created on 05 January 2021
36. Honduran justice denies defenders of the Guapinol river to wait for their trial in freedom: (Regional News); ... This Saturday, the judge Zoe Guifarro, of the Sectional Court of First Instance in Tocoa, department of Colón, ruled out the review of the measures requested by the legal representatives of the defenders. ...; Created on 28 December 2020
37. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... Works were charged with the distribution of potable water. Social movements succeeded in protecting water resources from the wave of deep privatization in the 1990s and in the first decade of the 2000s. ...; Created on 01 December 2020
38. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... from the manager designated to respond to their concerns. The community first sought resolution through written correspondence and meetings. In a July 31 letter, the community appealed directly to the ...; Created on 28 November 2020
39. Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: (ISDS); ... tactics to forcibly open mining operations in places where communities have resisted them. First, they resort to repression. Then, if that fails, they sue governments in international tribunals — which ...; Created on 21 October 2020
40. 5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras: (Regional News); ... uniforms, sowing fear in the community. They first arrived at the home of Alberth Centeno’s father and physically harassed him, demanding that he lead them to his son’s house, where they pulled Centeno ...; Created on 03 September 2020

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