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1. EARTH DAY 2014: El Salvador faces critical environmental challenges: (Media Releases); FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The United Nations(UN), has called on millions of people who on April 22 will celebrate Earth Day 2014 to focus on celebrating Green Cities to achieve a healthy and sustainable ...; Created on 23 April 2014
2. While There is a Slight Increase in Water Quality, the Situation is still Critical: (Commerce Group); While There is a Slight Increase in Water Quality, the Situation is still Critical River Water Quality Improves, says MARN The water classified as “good” in rivers increased 2 per cent, to 12 percent ...; Created on 31 March 2012
3. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... victims. “The arrests are politically motivated as they seek to silence these water defenders and to demobilize community opposition at this critical moment,” the Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive ...; Created on 03 April 2023
4. 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); ... civil society organizations, to assume a vigilant, critical, and participatory position in the face of this economic activity that, far from bringing true development, brings confrontations, instability ...; Created on 12 June 2022
5. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... in their municipalities; 77% believed that the Salvadoran State should definitively ban metallic mining in the country and, despite the critical situation of unemployment in the surveyed communities, 86% ...; Created on 14 December 2021
6. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... in the mining industry means government policies on dealing with environmental and human rights abuses abroad are critical for regulating the sector internationally,” said Asuncion. “To this date, no Canadian ...; Created on 12 May 2021
7. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... an international coalition—paid off at critical moments. In October 2016, the World Bank tribunal where their international partners held protests dismissed the mining company’s claims. Five months later, ...; Created on 23 April 2021
8. What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... movements have lost similar battles all over the world, so what else was critical to their achievement? One factor was La Mesa’s education campaigns, which creatively spread the word on the science of ...; Created on 05 April 2021
9. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... movement in Canada must also start to look more critically at issues of resource extraction, and pressure our political leaders to take the steps toward a more sustainable and equitable role in the world ...; Created on 21 January 2021
10. Vizcaya governor asks Rody to end 2 mine operations: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... his apprehensions against the continued mining, which included, among others, that Barangay Didipio and Barangay Runruno are sub-watersheds of the Cagayan River and that these are “critical watersheds,” ...; Created on 21 January 2021
11. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... critical, complaints of mismanagement also rose, which forced Bukele’s government to remove ANDA president Frederick Benitez. Despite his high-visibility mismanagement, Bukele ended up promoting Benitez ...; Created on 01 December 2020
12. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); ... political prisoners and others detained simply for expressing critical or dissenting views”. Trócaire – through it’s partner organisation Fundación San Alonso Rodríguez (FSAR) – has also been supporting ...; Created on 01 September 2020
13. HONDURAS: Human rights defenders threatened by armed groups during quarantine: (Regional News); ... release all detainees without a sufficient legal basis, including political prisoners and others detained simply for expressing critical or dissenting opinions. " Agro politics disadvantages peasants ...; Created on 31 July 2020
14. German parlamentarians demand justice for Honduran environmental activists: (Regional News); ... is especially critical in Honduras. According to the NGO "Global Witness", between 2010 and 2017 alone, more than 120 people who fought in defense of the environment were killed. For some weeks, this risk ...; Created on 20 April 2020
15. Walter Aduviri says he regrets trusting Agustín Luque: (Regional News); ... governor stated that Luque will be solely responsible for the region's failure. He added that the current administration is plagued by a series of anomalies for which media are not as critical as they were ...; Created on 26 December 2019
16. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Cordillera, said he was targeted for his work as an Indigenous activist, doctor, and politician critical of the government. He resisted many government actions and was part of a group that had been pushing ...; Created on 04 October 2019
17. National Alliance Against the Privatization of Water “Water is not for sale, we care for it and defend it: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... these, the diverse forms of privatization and water being the most critical one. Confronting this issue as the National Alliance Against the Privatization of Water, we join the global actions, linked ...; Created on 26 September 2019
18. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... lawyers who have no obligation to consider concerns related to communities or the environment. "Through years of advocacy, communities have managed to enshrine critical land rights, Indigenous rights, ...; Created on 03 May 2019
19. Guatemalan court upholds Tahoe mine suspension: (Regional News); ... critical of the consultation standards laid out in the ruling and what he considered the disregard for the principle of free, prior and informed consent. “What we interpret is that they maintain that ...; Created on 16 September 2018
20. Looming threats to the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... ecological balance. A particular environmental condition that fueled the opposition to mining is the critical state of El Salvador’s water resources. More than 90% of surface water sources are contaminated, ...; Created on 08 February 2018

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