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1. NEWS RELEASE: El Salvador Facing $300m Claim from Mining Multinational under ‘ISDS’: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION Brussels, 15 April 2015 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has described a $300m claim against El Salvador by an Australian/Canadian mining conglomerate as an example ...; Created on 17 April 2015
2. Facing Goliath: CIEL lends David a (legal) hand: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); A new amicus brief supports human rights and environmental protection in El Salvador’s battle to uphold environmental laws against Pac Rim Mining Corporation’s lawsuit. By Lily Simon First published ...; Created on 06 August 2014
3. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... prohibition is facing new threats. On January 11, the Salvadoran government ordered the arrest of five prominent anti-mining activists and water defenders: Miguel Ángel Gámez, Alejandro Laínez García, ...; Created on 06 April 2023
4. Public statement from social movement organizations on the detention of members of the Santa Marta community and ADES in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... organizations express the following: 1. Our full support, recognition and solidarity with the Santa Marta Community and ADES who are now facing attempts to smear, discredit and intimidate with dubious ...; Created on 13 January 2023
5. URGENT COMMUNIQUE: To the people of Asuncion Mita, the national and international community: (Cerro Blanco); ... the Municipal Consultation on Mining petitioned by citizens of our municipality, are facing the undemocratic backlash of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) through a statement dated September 19, where ...; Created on 23 September 2022
6. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... been facing the expansion of palm plantations, tourist developments, mining, drug trafficking, and the government project known as the Economic Development Zones (Zonas de Desarrollo Económico ZEDE). Miriam ...; Created on 25 December 2021
7. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... severely wounded. He is a national spokesperson for the Cordillera Peoples’ Alliance. Claver knows first-hand the dangers facing land defenders in the Philippines who resist mining and other industrial ...; Created on 12 May 2021
8. Philippines' Duterte lifts ban on new mining deals: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... disasters. Duterte -- who had previously threatened to shut down the mining sector completely -- is facing growing criticism over his handling of the pandemic that has crippled the economy and thrown ...; Created on 05 May 2021
9. Gov’t finalizing terms for OceanaGold’s FTAA renewal: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Aside from its pending FTAA renewal, OceanaGold has also been facing opposition from the local government unit (LGU) of Nueva Vizcaya for its project. In 2019, Nueva Vizcaya Governor Carlos Padilla ...; Created on 05 May 2021
10. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... So it sounds like it was one lawmaker facing the facts on the ground. Robin, what do you think was key to bringing these former foes together? Robin Broad: First of all, the water defenders essentially ...; Created on 22 March 2021
11. Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... at the consular level in the Philippines and through its lack of corporate accountability mechanisms at home. “When some of the villagers were falsely accused, facing threats of extrajudicial killing because ...; Created on 25 February 2021
12. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... has allowed a group of investors from the Washington DC-based firm NeWay Capital to establish an independent governance system as an experiment with privatized jurisdictions. Hondurans are facing a ...; Created on 15 February 2021
13. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... a temporary banking crisis, an electricity-distribution agreement and telecommunications infrastructure. In addition, Colombia is facing potential arbitrations in relation to the suspension of operations ...; Created on 21 January 2021
14. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... new appointment also comes as the institution is facing serious accusations regarding the deterioration of water quality and its poor distribution. This lack of resources has been used to intensify threats ...; Created on 01 December 2020
15. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... The accused men deny charges of arson and illegal detention of the mine’s security chief. Leonel George, 41, a human rights defender supporting the Guapinol community facing pre-trial detention, said ...; Created on 07 October 2020
16. Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees: (Mining and Human Rights); ... activists are now being sued in court exactly for their action to make visible the discrimination that LGBTI people are facing,” said Swedish GUE/NGL member Malin Björk. Timeline 22 October: the winner ...; Created on 29 September 2020
17. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands: (Regional News); Global Voices One of the most essential aspects of COVID-19 prevention is regularly washing your hands; however, hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans are facing COVID-19 without reliable access to water. ...; Created on 11 September 2020
18. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the Honduran state to exterminate the Garífuna community. … It’s important to understand that this pressure, this repression and everything we are facing is because we are a community in constant fight ...; Created on 17 August 2020
19. The Duterte era: A state of nature under attack: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... polluted the environment and crippled the livelihood of farmers. (Photo by John Aaron Mark Macaraeg / Bulatlat) The environment, in particular, has remained under the radar despite long facing increasing ...; Created on 25 July 2020
20. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... fighting to protect community health and water from negative mining impacts — are facing new threats. These trends are laid out in a global solidarity statement released June 2 and signed by over 300 ...; Created on 23 July 2020

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