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1. 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.
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2. Scientists, fishers say new mining deals to cause more damage than good
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... The government has been working on renewing the financial and technical assistance agreement or FTAA with Oceanagold which expired in 2019. “This mining plunder drive will only result in more human rights ...
Created on 24 May 2021
3. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.
(Mining and Human Rights)
... from Guapinol, Honduras, he has been held without bail in pre-trial detention for more than a year. The incarcerated men were part of a local campaign to protect water sources in their community. “He’s ...
Created on 25 September 2020
4. More ISDS cases launched against Latin American states amid the COVID-19 pandemic
(ISDS)
... lawsuits brought before international arbitration tribunals by private companies, claiming more than US$3 billion in compensation. Citing force majeure because of the COVID-19 health crisis , Bolivia ...
Created on 01 September 2020
5. Anglo American responses to AGM queries raise more questions than they answer
(Mining and Human Rights)
... project has in mind the use of “surplus water from the Tambo basin in rainy weather.” The company argues that these waters have no agricultural or domestic use and that each year more than 500 million ...
Created on 22 July 2020
6. More than one hundred organizations reject the unjust payment of USD $31 million to Canadian mining company Bear Creek
(Regional News)
Groups call for the annulment of sentence against Aymara spokesperson in the Peruvian Supreme Court Puno, Cochabamba, Washington, Ottawa, September 13th, 2018 PRESS RELEASE More than one hundred ...
Created on 16 September 2018
7. In Mining-Affected Communities, Water Is Becoming More Precious Than Gold
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... are increasingly casting their gaze, as a clear declaration by mining-affected communities that water is more precious than gold.  It was in the northern department of Cabañas, where safe water supplies ...
Created on 26 June 2017
8. In El Salvador, a moment more precious than gold
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... affection. He was the centerpiece of the most amazing and magical week I can remember in 12 long years of arduous struggle. It was a brief moment in time, more precious than gold. [Andrés McKinley is ...
Created on 26 June 2017
9. Australian-Canadian firm OceanaGold bails out Pacific Rim Mining Deal means more punishment for El Salvador
(Water no Gold)
... the country. The last-minute deal rescues a sinking Pacific Rim Mining, while promising to cost Salvadorans millions more in an unjust arbitration process and raising fears of political interference.  ...
Created on 21 November 2013
10. International Week of Action Free the Santa Marta 5
(Free the Santa Marta 5)
... and Social Development Association (ADES), who was a key leader in the fight against mining for more than 12 years and had recently been sounding the alarm over Bukele’s attempts to re-open the door to ...
Created on 08 April 2023
11. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... motives behind the arrests. Furthermore, the five organizers are being prosecuted by a specialized war-crimes team set up by Bukele, raising worries that the ruling may be dictated from above for political ...
Created on 06 April 2023
12. Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... more than 33 years ago during the brutal civil war that claimed 75,000 lives. Prisoners sat on the cement floor of a courtyard at a prison. Their upper bodies are bare, their heads shaved, and they ...
Created on 04 April 2023
13. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... Specifically, the water defenders were concerned about mining around the Lempa River Basin, which is one of the principal water sources in the country. It would take more than a decade and several lawsuits ...
Created on 03 April 2023
14. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... on environmentally destructive metal mining. More than 250 organizations from 29 countries came together Friday to pressure the Salvadoran government to drop the charges against and release five water ...
Created on 20 January 2023
15. URGENT COMMUNIQUE: To the people of Asuncion Mita, the national and international community
(Cerro Blanco)
... authorities in the licensing process. Moreover, the consultation is binding for the municipality according to the municipal autonomy principle established in the political constitution of the republic.  ...
Created on 23 September 2022
16. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation
(Cerro Blanco)
...  The company has publicly stated that there is local support for the project and that any opposition comes from external sources.” But last May, local organizations collected more than 4,000 signatures ...
Created on 22 September 2022
17. Central American mayors reject mining exploitation that affects strategic river
(Cerro Blanco)
... it had requested the Guatemalan authorities to “modify” the environmental permit and that it awaits “receiving approval.” For the mayors, open-pit mining "is more destructive" and the damage to the environment, ...
Created on 12 June 2022
18. Central American mayors reject mining exploitation that affects strategic river
(Cerro Blanco)
... it had requested the Guatemalan authorities to “modify” the environmental permit and that it awaits “receiving approval.” For the mayors, open-pit mining "is more destructive" and the damage to the environment, ...
Created on 12 June 2022
19. 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)
... which intends to continue with the "Cerro Blanco" project by changing the methodology of underground tunnel mining for open pit mining which is a method much more destructive and causes permanent and irreversible ...
Created on 12 June 2022
20. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people
(Regional News)
... people. In the last five years alone, more than 50 Garífuna men and women have been killed; 30 have been jailed and 32 have a court order, prosecuted for the alleged usurpation of their own ancestral ...
Created on 25 December 2021
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