Luis Solano | Ellen Moore | Jen Moore - IPS / Earthworks
DOWNLOAD THE STUDY HEREAcross the Global South, and especially in Latin America, international mining companies have used a combination of disturbing ...
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400 million suit against the Guatemalan government. Released today, Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ ...
... the implementation of mining projects through a popular consultation.
"The prosecutor congratulates the people of the municipality of Cinquera for their active participation" in the popular consultation ...
... 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 ...
... over local consultations. “If the company wishes to have the referendum overturned, it must find a pro-mining group to initiate an injunction through a local court,” said Armando Teo, a local community ...
... and above all to guarantee the protection of their human and universal rights, such as the right to water and basic sanitation.
We call on the citizens of Guatemala and El Salvador, through their ...
... of this organization visited our country a couple of weeks ago and held meetings with different government institutions such as the Ministries of the Environment; Economy, through its Hydrocarbons and ...
... a figure that remained stable compared to the previous year, but the rail blockades in February and again throughout May limited supply to the maritime market. Cerrejón exported 13.6 million tons in 2020, ...
... see now are rocks and an open-pit mine that’s getting deeper and deeper.”
Meanwhile, should Sagittarius (SMI) be allowed to push through with the Tampakan Copper and Gold Mining Project’s, the same fate ...
... their camp.
To the General Public, The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya states:
1. The company: The mineral exploitation license for Exploraciones Mineras de Guatemala, EXMINGUA S.A. was suspended through ...
... human rights and the environment.
The draft model law, if adopted, would require Canadian companies to prevent human rights and environmental harm throughout their global operations and supply chains. ...
... not only goes unchecked, but is actively fostered through economic support.
According to Natural Resources Canada, in 2019, 621 Canadian mining and exploration companies operated in 96 countries abroad, ...
... mine in Guatemala. The suit was brought by York University law professor and co-founder of the Justice & Corporate Accountability Project (JCAP), Shin Imai, who first sought the information through access-to-information ...
... Industries in Francophone Africa,” and “Enhancing Resource Management through Institutional Transformation in Mongolia.”
It all adds up to a damning picture. While Trudeau and the Liberals may have put ...
... to guarantee impunity for those persecuting defenders.
The United States and Canada play a key role in the current crisis. They have geostrategic and economic interests in Honduras, through trade agreements ...
... Resources Inc., operates in Guatemala through Entre Mares, S.A. (formerly a subsidiary of the Canadian company, Goldcorp). In addition to the mining license for Cerro Blanco, Entre Mares has 23 mining ...
... strategy debates, and breakthroughs of their more than decade-long campaign. The book is an environmentalist playbook, a how-to guide for activists seeking to defeat a power structure that is rigged in ...
... that can force transnationals such as Glencore to have full accountability for their activities. Through the voices of the stakeholders involved, we share here the key points from before and after a popular ...
... channeled through “local elites in the artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) firms,” a study notes.
“This support to more mining projects will encourage more Chinese investments to extract nickel, black ...
... the descriptor “ordinary people” in the subtitle and throughout the book strikes an odd note. These are people who risked, and some lost, their lives to defend their homes and communities and in so doing ...