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1. Urgent! Strengthening a powerful global voice in defence of life: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); By: Antonia Recinos - Radio Victoria / Translation: Sigrun Pallesen and Marina Bonetti On the 15th of August 2015, I was invited to participate in a mission of solidarity to the region of Didipío, ...; Created on 29 September 2015
2. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... rights abuses and environmental devastation. But they are up against a very powerful lobbying group and a government with very little will to transform the industry. In 2010, a private members bill was ...; Created on 12 May 2021
3. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and powerful Western corporations set their sights on these lands, or the minerals beneath them, local people standing in their way frequently find themselves bulldozed. In the era of climate catastrophe, ...; Created on 23 April 2021
4. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... obligations on transnationals, but only obligations on States.” This is problematic according to Morgantini, because companies are often richer and more powerful than the States themselves (for example, ...; Created on 22 April 2021
5. What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... The Nation CAROLYN FORCHÉ’S POWERFUL RECKONING Suzy Hansen Among the most intriguing lessons comes from La Mesa’s pursuit of seemingly unlikely allies. The water defenders recognized this to be less ...; Created on 05 April 2021
6. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the Apache lands to Mississippi to Flint, Michigan. If ordinary people can overcome powerful companies to protect their water in a poor country like El Salvador, imagine what their counterparts can do ...; Created on 28 March 2021
7. NEW BOOK: The water defenders - how ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Water is life. Countless communities across the world, from Flint, Michigan to the Standing Rock Reservation to the Gualcarque River in Honduras, have used this phrase as a rallying cry against powerful ...; Created on 14 January 2021
8. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... actions against investment such as (but not limited to) the revocation or cancellation of a mining licence; a change in local laws; or an export ban. Investor-state arbitration can be a powerful tool ...; Created on 06 January 2021
9. Anti-mining community, Gina Lopez awarded as heroes for the environment: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... people’s sustainable and harmonious beneficence from the environment, Gina will always be remembered as a sterling ally of the people and a powerful environment defender to be reckoned with,” said GBK. ...; Created on 07 October 2020
10. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... a small low-income community on the country’s north coast, could also soon be sent to jail. The massive open pit mine, owned by one of the country’s most powerful couples, was sanctioned without community ...; Created on 07 October 2020
11. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... no doubt that they want to send a strong message. But we have our dignity and hold our heads high.” Tweet this “The Pinares mining company is backed by some of the most powerful families in Honduras,” ...; Created on 25 September 2020
12. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... at large. "The mine is owned by the Honduran company Pinares Investment which is linked to the Facussé family. The Facussé family, one of the most powerful in the country, has investments in palm plantations ...; Created on 09 August 2020
13. Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... and for the well-being of the population. Thank you for joining us in keeping that hope alive and in keeping Marcelo's memory alive. MANUEL PEREZ ROCHA: Powerful stories are rooted in local realities ...; Created on 15 July 2020
14. International report finds that the Honduran government violates the rights of Tocoa's environmental defender: (Regional News); ... is linked to the powerful Facusse family. The authors reviewed recent historical and political events in Honduras, with a particular focus on the last decade and found that the 2009 coup d'état and ...; Created on 20 April 2020
15. Honduran Land Defenders Receive the prestigious Letelier-Moffit award in Washington: (Regional News); ... 2010 have fiercely defended their main water source, the Guapinol River, from being contaminated by an Iron Oxide mine, owned by one of the most powerful families of Honduras. Reynaldo Dominguez a leader ...; Created on 24 October 2019
16. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it: (FTAs & ISDS); ... essential that this shadowy financial market is exposed to the light of day. Otherwise, affected communities will remain blind to the powerful figures that have profited at their expense. Among other ...; Created on 05 May 2019
17. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala: (Cerro Blanco); ... irreversible environmental damage to their limited water resources. ASUNCIÓN MITA, Guatemala. Although everything indicates that Canadian Bluestone Resources consortium has oiled up its powerful technical ...; Created on 03 May 2019
18. El Salvador: first anniversary of the mining ban A cause for celebration, but the new law faces dangers: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Andrés McKinley - UK LAB On March 29th, 2017, the small country of El Salvador became the first nation in the world to exercise its sovereign right to say “no” to metallic mining after carefully analyzing ...; Created on 22 June 2018
19. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of seismic activity. They presented draft legislation to the government to prohibit mining. Other powerful institutions joined in, including the Catholic Church, which countsabout 60 percent of the country’s ...; Created on 07 May 2018
20. How Local, Grassroots Organizing Drove El Salvador’s Mining Ban: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... precedent to bolster anti-fracking grassroots movements in different corners of the country. In El Salvador, the municipal referendums proved to be a powerful force, with ripple effects all across the ...; Created on 26 June 2017

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