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21. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats
(Regional News)
... shortages and contaminate water supplies with arsenic and heavy metals, putting people, plants, and animals at risk. Speaking to a crowd of all ages that gathered to celebrate La Puya´s anniversary on ...
Created on 03 May 2020
22. Ostúa River contaminated with lead and arsenic from Cerro Blanco mine
(Cerro Blanco)
... but many, like Angela, continue to use its waters for bathing and laundry. Water pollution due to heavy metals forced some inhabitants of the areas bordering Guatemala to search for water in nearby communities. ...
Created on 21 April 2020
23. Study reveals the threats of the Cerro Blanco mine
(Cerro Blanco)
... due to the high content of toxic metals and the reduction of the water flow.  Both water streams above, provide water for the Guija Lake, the main head of the Lempa River.    “We have been observing ...
Created on 26 December 2019
24. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... village, continue to suffer from skin irritation, fatigue, and body aches as a result of heavy metals—like lead, arsenic, mercury, cadmium, copper, and chromium—flowing through their blood. Doctors blame ...
Created on 04 October 2019
25. Mining Grabs Up Land, Deals Blow to Agriculture in Central America
(Background and reports )
... ruling in response to the struggle by local inhabitants, who had not been properly consulted, as required by law. Credit: Edgardo Ayala/IPS AN SALVADOR, Feb 19 2019 (IPS) - Like an octopus, metals mining ...
Created on 07 May 2019
26. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala
(Cerro Blanco)
... El Salvador. And from there the remnants of the process, heavy metals and other pollutants, would reach the Lempa River, which sig sags throughout the country and is the main source of water for 60% ...
Created on 03 May 2019
27. THE STRUGGLE FOR GOOD WATER GOVERNANCE CONTINUES IN EL SALVADOR
(Water Crisis El Salvador)
... This problem affects us all in our daily lives, but it is the poor who suffer the most, especially women and children.  Toxic waste and heavy metals from industry, poisonous chemicals from agricultural ...
Created on 27 August 2018
28. Rural Communities’ Struggle Against US-Owned Mine Continues in Guatemalan Supreme Court
(Regional News)
... gold, silver, and other metals called a concentrate. According to Kappes and Dieguez, the mining project began operations following the violent eviction by the Guatemalan National Police of the La Puya ...
Created on 27 August 2018
29. Church in El Salvador backs law declaring clean, affordable water as a human right
(Water Crisis El Salvador)
... the movement to ban mining for gold and other metals, practices that produced considerable water pollution. Now the church is working to protect the human right to water and fighting the privatization ...
Created on 08 May 2018
30. Duterte's new warning to mining companie
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... are quick to point out that the Philippines is one of the top 5 mineral countries in the world in terms of reserves of gold, copper, nickel, and other metals. It is estimated to have over $1 trillion worth ...
Created on 08 May 2018
31. National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining demands justice in the case of murdered environmentalists
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... stop mining projects as well stop a project providing water containing heavy metals to the community, an initiative led by the mayor Sensuntepeque. Miranda said that the communities experience fear due ...
Created on 01 February 2018
32. Can Victory Over Irresponsible Mining in Central America Spur a Win in the Philippines?
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... a huge step towards protecting its environment for present and future generations when its legislature passed a law outlawing all metals mining. It was a momentous vote – a vote heard round the world. ...
Created on 01 February 2018
33. Latin American Women Weaving Territories
(Media Releases)
... authors presumed to be people related to extractive companies. El Salvador created history on March 29, 2017, becoming the first country in the world to ban surface and underground metals mining, a long ...
Created on 01 February 2018
34. Open letter to Oceana Gold
(Open Letter OceanaGold)
... and to uphold their right to say "no" to metals mining. We have also strongly denounced this case, which has cost the poor country of El Salvador more than $13 million USD in legal fees and related expenses. ...
Created on 30 November 2017
35. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... of El Salvador. The most recent win was in March 2017, when the national legislature voted overwhelmingly to make El Salvador the first nation on earth to ban all metals mining, an activity that threatened ...
Created on 26 June 2017
36. El Salvador Votes for Water over Gold
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... processing of metals, whether in open pits or underground. It also prohibits the use of toxic chemicals like cyanide and mercury. In the lead-up to the vote, communities in the town of Cinquera had rejected ...
Created on 16 April 2017
37. Political parties give assurances that they will support the prohibition of Metal Mining
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... of the voters cast ballots against mining exploration and exploitation in the municipality", so that municipal authorities can issue an ordinance that prohibits any type of exploitation of metals, reported, ...
Created on 09 March 2017
38. Salvadorean Human Rights Attorney Congratulates Municipality that Rejected Mining Through Referendum
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... of exploitation of metals. Cinquera is the fifth Salvadoran municipality that rejects metal mining; San Jose Las Flores, San Isidro Labrador, New Trinidad and Arcatao of the northern department of Chalatenango ...
Created on 08 March 2017
39. Community of San Sebastian still endures Commerce Group’s legacy of contamination.
(Commerce Group)
... and corrosion, caused by mercury and other heavy metals in the water, was visible all along the rocky bank. Although the stream has been contaminated for years, there are still families that live in close ...
Created on 13 February 2017
40. El Salvador Church Leaders Fight for Ban on Mining Exploitation
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
Telesur An earlier proposal to block all metals mining in El Salvador has stagnated for years in Congress without being discussed. The movement against destructive mining activity in El Salvador received ...
Created on 10 February 2017
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