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1. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... as the dangers that await if it is overturned. Bukele’s Scheming Unlike previous presidents, Nayib Bukele, elected in 2019, has not condemned mining. In fact, the gains made by social movements have ...; Created on 06 April 2023
2. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption: (OceanaGold); The State Sammy The reality of living near a gold mine is a worrisome thing, says Angel Estridge, whose family owns property less than a mile from a pond full of nasty mining waste. She fears that ...; Created on 02 April 2021
3. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... prison.” Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries in the world to defend natural resources and land rights after the 2009 coup ushered in an autocratic pro-business government – which remains ...; Created on 07 October 2020
4. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... projects fueled by foreign investors and the Honduran government. “We are in danger daily — all the leaders of the Garífuna community, all the defendants of the land in Honduras,” says Carla Garcia, international ...; Created on 17 August 2020
5. 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
6. Amid TPP Fight, El Salvador Mining Case Shows Danger of Corporate Tribunals: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Deirdre Fulton - Common Dreams A Salvadoran delegation is in Canada this week to warn of how investor provisions threaten democracy, public health, and environment In a case illustrating the dangers ...; Created on 18 May 2015
7. Protesters in D.C. ask for halt to gold mining in El Salvador, say it will endanger ecology: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Pamela Constable Calling gold mining a scourge on the environment of El Salvador, a group of protesters rallied Monday outside the World Bank in the District, where a tribunal is discussing the case ...; Created on 17 September 2014
8. New Study Shows Dangers of Trade Agreements that Help Corporations Sue Govenments: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... so dangerous to democracy and the environment. We are among the co-authors of this study, titled “Debunking Eight Falsehoods by Pacific Rim Mining/OceanaGold in El Salvador.” The report offers a powerful ...; Created on 25 March 2014
9. International Week of Action Free the Santa Marta 5: (Free the Santa Marta 5); ... 30 years ago. Now, like thousands of other prisoners in El Salvador, they are in grave danger of dying or being killed while awaiting an opportunity to prove their innocence. Their families and legal team ...; Created on 08 April 2023
10. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... or not—and even the most compelling petitions for alternative measures to avoid a lengthy pretrial detention get denied." "We are deeply concerned for the well-being of these men and the dangerous precedent ...; Created on 20 January 2023
11. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation: (Cerro Blanco); ... suffer the worst consequences. At Cerro Blanco, the company has proposed a filtered tailings storage facility will be built in dangerous proximity to communities that would be banned in many countries ...; Created on 22 September 2022
12. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... with all these worrisome realities, we are once again called to resist the advance of policies and practices, rejected in the past, that endanger the viability of our nation and the very life of our citizens. ...; Created on 14 December 2021
13. Community and environmental concerns not “pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s business: (Mining and Human Rights); ... which began under Pan American Silver’s watch, as well as dangers related to the instability of its tailing impoundments. The same question was posed concerning the community of La Colorada, Mexico, ...; Created on 17 May 2021
14. 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
15. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... protected from miners and developers. Toothless Watchdog All over the world, Canadian-run mines habitually destroy farmland, harm endangered species, and contaminate drinking water. The mining firms ...; Created on 07 May 2021
16. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... with an appeal to his knowledge of the dangers of cyanide, which is used in gold-mining operations, based on a degree he had obtained in chemistry. How can poor countries and communities protect the ...; Created on 23 April 2021
17. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... degradation, communities and organizations in La Guajira suffer constant death threats for defending their territory. This is a huge concern, considering that Colombia is one of the most dangerous countries ...; Created on 22 April 2021
18. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... warn the new order could further endanger defenders as well as open key biodiversity areas to mining. MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte has issued an order to lift a nine-year moratorium on granting new ...; Created on 15 April 2021
19. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... assassinated. These water defenders won over the most unlikely of allies, like a conservative archbishop alarmed by the dangers of cyanide. They even flew in a governor from the Philippines, who spoke ...; Created on 28 March 2021
20. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Saved A Country from Corporate Greed." TRANSCRIPT: Marco Werman: This is a story about gold and water and activism. El Salvador is dangerously close to running out of clean water. Its rivers have ...; Created on 22 March 2021

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