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21. Australian-Canadian mining company OceanaGold misleads public on Filipino mine: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... mine include the violent dispersal of protesters in 2009 and 2020. The UN High Commission for Human Rights is concerned. It said that last year around 100 police forcibly dispersed some 30 indigenous and ...; Created on 22 April 2021
22. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... as just protesters. The water defenders of El Salvador, were not simply protesting, they were doing it based on the science. And they weren't simply against mining. In fact, they get angry when you call ...; Created on 22 March 2021
23. The trial for Guapinol water defender Jeremías Martínez begins today in Tegucigalpa, Honduras: (Mining and Human Rights); PBI Brent Patterson On the morning of February 22, Libertad para los defensores de Guapinol (Freedom for the defenders of Guapinol) tweeted: “Minutes from the start of the trial of Jeremías Martínez, ...; Created on 22 February 2021
24. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... what pushing back against Canadian corporate interests can do. In 2011, Aduviri, an Indigenous Aymara leader from Peru’s Puno region, helped lead a protest movement against a silver mine in the region ...; Created on 21 January 2021
25. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... Peru. The other 12 cases were brought inter aliaover a dispute relating to the operation of a refinery located in the Peruvian rainforest, over a mining project halted by local protests and over the state' ...; Created on 21 January 2021
26. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... and international sanctions. Environmental protests and measures: There is an increasing electoral demand for governments to take strong and decisive action on environmental grounds. Such measures, particularly ...; Created on 06 January 2021
27. The hidden connection between a US steel company and the controversial Los Pinares mine in Honduras: (Regional News); ... of social leaders who are protesting the ecological damage the mine may cause in protected land, according to documents obtained through a cross-border journalism collaboration between Contracorriente, ...; Created on 28 November 2020
28. ATM Statement on illegal entry of fuel trucks in Nueva Vizcaya: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of the mining company to deliver the fuel. Local barangay officials and environmental groups from the area tried to prevent the illegal entry, but the police allegedly threatened protestors they will ...; Created on 28 November 2020
29. Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: (ISDS); ... to provide adequate protection for KCA’s investment against local resistance. But KCA’s claim omits evidence of how violent police repression against peaceful protestors was used to open its mine. This ...; Created on 21 October 2020
30. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... protesters held in pre-trial detention since 2019 for alleged crimes linked to their opposition to an iron oxide mine which threatens to contaminate their water supply. Five more water defenders from Guapinol, ...; Created on 07 October 2020
31. Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees: (Mining and Human Rights); ... a recount of the votes had to flee to Lithuania in fear of imprisonment. In response to the allegations of electoral fraud, large peaceful protests have erupted across the country and were pushed back ...; Created on 29 September 2020
32. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... who have peacefully protested demanding the guarantee of social, cultural and environmental rights as human rights,” according to a Saint Isidro Parish statement released in August 2019 when the jailed ...; Created on 25 September 2020
33. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands: (Regional News); ... told Global Voices via text: “Water is a rusty subject similar to the pipes that occasionally serve it. The water problem is so deep that despite the street protests that took place in the past, there ...; Created on 11 September 2020
34. 5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras: (Regional News); ... no news of their whereabouts, and a tense atmosphere has taken over Triunfo de la Cruz. Several Garífuna communities across Honduras have protested, demanding the return of the same safe and sound under ...; Created on 03 September 2020
35. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); Trocaire The ‘Guapinol 8’ were detained on 1st September last year for peacefully protesting against the exploitation of their community’s natural resources by private business interests. Two daughters ...; Created on 01 September 2020
36. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... Dispute Settlement (ISDS) under the terms of the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) with the US. “Riot police attacked peaceful protestors, paving the way for the company’s ...; Created on 24 August 2020
37. The Honduran government intensifies persecution against defenders of the Guapinol River: (Regional News); ... the COVID19 pandemic, to impose social control through the selective suspension of civil rights, criminalization of social protest and political harassment against human rights defenders. At the same time, ...; Created on 20 August 2020
38. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... governments pressured by the lobby of the mining industry seek to silence the protests and use the current crisis to promote changes in national regulations that favor mining activities, at the cost of ...; Created on 09 August 2020
39. Timeline: Guatemala mine suspensions: (Regional News); ... consulted in the granting of its mining license. June 19: Protesters in the town of Casillas block the main road linking Guatemala City to the Escobal mine. July 5: The supreme court issues a provisional ...; Created on 23 July 2020
40. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); ... IMF loans, also tied with austerity measures that prompted huge protests, would be used to pay transnational corporations such as Chevron. The U.S. oil company was awarded $77 million in one investor-state ...; Created on 23 July 2020

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