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1. Tamarind: (Contacts / T); Tamarind, Scientific Name: Tamarindus indica, Tamarinds are a versatile fruit used around the world. In its young form it is used in hot sauces; ripened it is the basis for many refreshing drinks. ...; Created on
2. Apples: (Contacts / A); Apples, Scientific Name: Malus domestica, Apples are a versatile fruit, used for eating, cooking, and preserving. There are more that 7500 different kinds of apples grown around the world.; Created on
3. Social movements celebrate historic vote at the United Nations Human Rights Council: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); UNHRC moves away from voluntary standards and towards a binding treaty to prevent transnationalcorporations human rights violations Twenty country members of the United Nations Human Rights Council, ...; Created on 26 June 2014
4. Cadboro United Church: (March 2013 North American Tour); Photo Story by Grace Draper Getting ready for our event- lots of tabling, coffee-drinking, and of course, conversation At 7pm, Ross White from Cadboro Bay United Church welcomes ...; Created on 17 March 2013
5. Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... to widespread arbitrary detentions and other abuses, according to United Nations experts. Original Source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/14/el-salvador-environmental-defenders-arrested-mining-ban ...; Created on 04 April 2023
6. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation: (Cerro Blanco); ... industry.” The Guatemalan Constitution (1985), ILO 169 (ratified in 1996), the Municipal Code (2002), and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) all recognize the ...; Created on 22 September 2022
7. Public statement of the Local Governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, regarding the “Cerro Blanco” mining project, developed by the ...: (Cerro Blanco); ... for the governance, peace and integration of the peoples of the three countries. 3. That the human right to water is a right enshrined in the United Nations General Assembly Resolution number 64 - 292, ...; Created on 12 June 2022
8. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... based in Washington D.C. in the United States, which for almost six decades has been conducting research and supporting progressive social movements and leaders. In an interview with Mongabay Latam, ...; Created on 25 December 2021
9. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the United Nations’ Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). Impacted communities across the world have called for resource extraction projects to be halted, not just “greened.” This ...; Created on 12 May 2021
10. Honduras: Supreme Court must correct distorted ruling & free arbitrarily detained Guapinol defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... widely as possible". The Working Group(WG) is a specialized body of the United Nations, composed of five independent experts from different regions of the world, authorized by the UN Human Rights ...; Created on 11 May 2021
11. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... 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 ...; Created on 06 May 2021
12. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... who had served as a military attaché to the United States during the civil war, and El Salvador’s influential archbishop, a member of the ultraconservative Opus Dei order. They persuaded the archbishop ...; Created on 23 April 2021
13. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted resolution 26/9 for the development of a legally binding international instrument for transnational companies in relation to human rights. The objective ...; Created on 22 April 2021
14. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... would occur at one of the few gold mines in the eastern United States. The open-pit mine is a vast area of gaping holes and cleared land similar in scope to many western U.S. gold mines. Haile’s expansion ...; Created on 30 March 2021
15. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... their water from polluting corporations. In our travels, we’ve seen these fights up close — they’re harrowing, but also inspiring. As we in the United States face similar struggles, we might take some ...; Created on 28 March 2021
16. Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Witness,” said Patricia Lisson of ICHRP-Canada (International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines-Canada). “In 2020, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a report highlighting ...; Created on 25 February 2021
17. US Senators introduce bill to tackle corruption & rights violations in Honduras - cite Guapinol case: (Mining and Human Rights); ... assistance to, an alleged drug trafficker who delivered thousands of kilos of cocaine throughout the United States. In response to the news—which adds to a long list of cases by U.S. prosecutors in ...; Created on 23 February 2021
18. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town: (OceanaGold); ... Mine, owned by the Australian-company OceanaGold, is an open-pit digging operation and one of the largest gold mines in the eastern United States, comparable in scale to some western U.S. mines.. Located ...; Created on 12 February 2021
19. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the United States and Europe won’t pay attention. Canada Needs To End These Abuses With abuses by the mining industry being a regular occurrence in Peru, what makes Aduviri’s case unique is that a high-ranking ...; Created on 21 January 2021
20. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... note that 2021 might be the year that will witness the first case filed under the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that entered into force on July 1, 2020, although legacy investments ...; Created on 21 January 2021

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