... plans are drawing scrutiny from conservationists who are worried about the company’s recent troubles and its long-term plans for cleaning up the mining site.
John Tynan, director of the Conservation ...
... his most recent indictment, Hernández has been named a co-conspirator in three other high-profile drug trafficking and corruption cases that have been tried or are being prosecuted by the United States ...
... generations and seen different kinds of tourism investment come to the island over the years. But recently, Crawfish residents learned that their municipality was ground zero for a new enclave model that ...
... most recent enforcement action, the Haile Gold Mine and a contract laboratory have been fined nearly $128,000 for violating environmental rules in recent months.
In September, DHEC announced it had fined ...
... Aymarazo movement is just one of many examples of resistance to Canadian mining projects in Peru in recent years. In 2018, thousands of people in the district of Huayllay in central Peru protested for ...
... further arbitrations related to recent modifications of its renewable energy framework. (See previous Holland & Knight alert, "Foreign Investment Protection Mechanisms in Mexico for Renewable Energy Investments," ...
... Director of the Association of Participatory Broadcasting of El Salvador (ARPAS), Leonel Herrera, denounced the U.S. government's influence in El Salvador’s policy decisions, including regarding the recent ...
... located. Ejido members condemned their presence as an attempt by the company to provoke a confrontation rather than seek respectful talks.
More recently, the company’s CEO, Christian Milau, has attempted ...
... Vizcaya, especially in light of the floods and landslides brought by the recent typhoons. This illegal entry of fuel to the mines add insult to injury, as OGPI prevented the provincial government from ...
... as a result of trumped-up criminal charges.
According to a recent report by the UN Working Group on business and human rights, the “root cause of most social conflicts [in Honduras] is the systematic ...
... Recently, Frederick Benites, president of ANDA under the Nayib Bukele administration, informed the Attorney General of El Salvador about years of grave cases of mismanagement of public funds worth millions ...
... Some cases relate to pandemic control measures, and others to ongoing cases.
In a recent bulletin, the law firm Garrigues pondered “the question that arises therefore is whether COVID-19 is a new break ...
... the recent ruling of the Court of Appeals, the Honduran state confirms its sad status as the most dangerous country for environmental defenders in the world. Together with Guatemala and Nicaragua, these ...
... legal team will request bond for the illegally incarcerated defenders. The legal team will also present challenges to the recent Court of Appeals rulings.
Press Contact: - Edy Tábora, Attorney, Justice ...
... of Honduras. This is Centeno in a recent video testimony prior to his forced disappearance.
ALBERTH SNIDER CENTENO: [translated] We have witnessed how the Garífuna people are being killed, how we’re ...
... members of the European Parliament recently denounced that this preventive detention "does not have a solid legal justification" and constitutes "judicial harassment of defenders in the absence of clear ...
... greenwashing.
The historic closure of big mines under the late former environment secretary Gina Lopez has been recently announced by current environment secretary and ex-general Roy Cimatu himself as ...
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Injunctions by communities and an NGO have seen Guatemala’s three main mines halted in recent years – cementing the country’s reputation as one of the world’s least favorable mining jurisdictions. ...
... much as the recently negotiated $6 billion International Monetary Fund bailout loan to Pakistan, which is tied to deep economic austerity conditions.
Similarly, last year Ecuadorian organizations alleged that ...
... activity in recent years and environmental regulations have been flexibilised to the benefit of mining companies. It’s no surprise that, in a phase of economic recovery, they will benefit from the deepening ...