By Sandra Cuffe: CIM Magazine
Tahoe Resources’ fiercely contested Escobal silver mine in Guatemala will remain idled for the time being.
Members of the regional mining resistance movement inspect ...
... national courts. A recent investigation by the Guatemalan public ministry could come with criminal charges for executives of the controversial gold mine.
On May 27, the Guatemalan Public Ministry opened ...
... El Salvador’s volatile political environment and the government´s limited capacity to transform the economy of artisanal miners, a tiny but complex and vocal sub-sector of the mining industry, has many ...
Oscar Humberto Luna
The Cerro Blanco mining project in Guatemala is a threat to El Salvador’s water quality and quantity. This report describes possible human rights violations that may impact the Salvadoran ...
Florian Erzinger, Luis Gonzalez y Angel M. Ibarra, 2008
Gold mining has become a profitable industry in Central America in recent years due to a rise in gold prices. However, in a country as small as ...
Herzinger, F; Luis Gonzales and Angel Ibarra. El Lado Oscuro del Oro, Impactos de la Mineria Metalica en El salvador, Diciembre 2008. Available at: http://unes.org.sv/sites/default/files/documentos/2012/03/elladooscurodeloroc.pdf ...
The Attorney for the Defense of Human Rights released a Special Report on the toxic legacy of the San Sebastian mine and the impacts on the human rights of the affected populations.
The Special Report, ...
International Allies Against Mining in El Salvador: We are a group of organisations from Australia Canada, Europe and the U.S. that support the Salvadoran people's demand for sovereignty, the right to ...
... mining company’s attempt to sue the government of El Salvador for US$301 million.
Pacific Rim, a Canadian company that was bought by Australian OceanaGold last year, applied to mine gold in northern ...
CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
The International Allies Against Mining in El Salvador call on our friends and allies to support the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining and mining-affected communities ...
... to mine profitably. In order to proceed, they must also persuade governments that their proposals are in the national interest. Here, governments will be interested in the economic benefits of mining, ...
ACAN EFE News Agency, El Salvador
The Archbishop of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar, suggested Sunday that the government should go to international organizations if the threat from a gold mine in Guatemala ...
Guatemalan Mine Threatens the Lempa River
The Lempa River is the main source of surface water in El Salvador and provides drinking water for over 60% of the entire population, including the city of San ...
Today’s Trivia Quiz: How Global Mining Corporations Are Able to Undermine Democracy
Posted By Triplecrisis On June 28, 2012 @ 9:00 am In Guest Bloggers | No Comments
Robin Broad, guest blogger
Today’s ...
Empresa minera Pacific Rim atorada en una pelea observada muy de cerca contra El Salvador
JEFF GRAY - LAW REPORTER
Martes 18 de junio, 2012, 7:23 PM EDT
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Tom Shrake, el veterano ...
U.S. TRADE DEALS MINE GREED NOT GOLD
By Dominique Paul Noth Editor, Labor Press Posted June 8, 2012 Wisconsin’s myriad issues with businesses controlling mining legislation may not yet make the ...
¿Qué Pasó con los Arbitrajes con las Empresas Mineras?
18 04 2012
Netorivas
Versión Original
Hace días que no se habla sobre los arbitrajes con Commerce Group y Pacific Rim que han demandado ...
Al Gedicks and Eric Hansen: Mine law needs public process, not ‘consensus’
AL GEDICKS AND ERIC HANSEN | UW-La Crosse professor (Midwest Coalition against Lethal Mining member) and outdoor writer, respectively ...
Lucha contra la Minería Enciende Demandas Internacionales
Por ROGER BYBEE
The original in English
Activistas luchan contra las provisiones de los tratados de libre comercio, mientras el USW reta ...
Lucha Continental: Lazos Anti-Mineros de Wisconsin y El Salvador
Febrero, 2012
English Version
La lucha contra la minería se está intensificando en el estado de Wisconsin, EEUU. El jueves 26 ...