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21. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... industry was declared non-essential, mining companies in the territory had to close operations from the beginning of April, a period of suspension that had to extend until May 31. Yet, mining companies ...; Created on 09 August 2020
22. HONDURAS: Human rights defenders threatened by armed groups during quarantine: (Regional News); ... incriminating evidence against them." Along the same lines, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, declared on March 25, 2020: "Now, more than ever, governments should ...; Created on 31 July 2020
23. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... water and ways of life. Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, however, governments in country after country have declared mining an essential activity or responded to industry pressure to do so after a ...; Created on 23 July 2020
24. World Environment Day with nothing to celebrate: (Regional News); ... in the coastal zone, the monoculture of sugar cane expands without any control, exhausting water sources, eroding biodiversity, contaminating the soil, and affecting public health," as declared by the ...; Created on 06 June 2020
25. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... permitted an open-pit gold mine that would destroy the community of Rosia Montana, which has a 2,000-year-old cultural heritage. Now, the company is threatening to sue over efforts to have this area declared ...; Created on 03 May 2020
26. International report finds that the Honduran government violates the rights of Tocoa's environmental defender: (Regional News); ... the Carlos Escaleras National Park; The immediate registration of the Carlos Escaleras National Park, as well as of all other areas declared protected by the National Network of Protected Areas of Honduras ...; Created on 20 April 2020
27. Social Organizations demand compliance with the Prohibition of Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the pressure of “foreign investment” in the country is not successful. Luis González from UNES declared that there is still a “mining threat” in the national territory, and that there is a possibility ...; Created on 26 December 2019
28. Governor Aduviri must remain in jail: (Regional News); ... declared unfounded the appeal filed by the defense of the former Aymara leader. Thus, confirming a previous ruling by the Puno Criminal Court and Supra-provincial Collegiate. Through Resolution No. ...; Created on 26 December 2019
29. Honduran Land Defenders Receive the prestigious Letelier-Moffit award in Washington: (Regional News); ... the concession was granted to Inversiones los Pinares there was a suspicious legislative reform of Decree 127-2012, which declared the current mining site as a protected area known as the Montaña of Botaderos or ...; Created on 24 October 2019
30. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... already six feet under.” Since Duterte came into power in 2016, extrajudicial killings, including those of land defenders, have skyrocketed. Environmental watchdog Global Witness declared the Philippines ...; Created on 04 October 2019
31. The long overdue breakup: Nueva Vizcaya and Oceanagold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... rights abuses committed by the company. In January 2011, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) declared that OceanaGold had violated the rights of Dipidio residents, including their Right to Residence, ...; Created on 16 September 2019
32. Save Nueva Vizcaya Movement Launched: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... of Nueva Vizcaya. In its unity statement, Save Nueva Vizcaya declared that “our most urgent mission is to oppose destructive large-scale mining projects such as the 12,864-hectare Didipio copper and ...; Created on 16 September 2019
33. Global protest launched against OceanaGold mine in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... office where they will submit a petition letter asking OceanaGold to pull out their operations in the Philippines. On June 20, 2019, the Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Government declared the operation of ...; Created on 02 September 2019
34. Letter of support for defenders of "La Puya" ...: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... be declared detrimental to the wellbeing of Guatemalan people and contrary to the Guatemalan Political Constitution, further considering that Guatemala has already had to pay $32.4 million dollars to two ...; Created on 26 February 2019
35. Criminalisation brought to new extremes in case of Aymara indigenous communities in Peru: (Regional News); ... that had declared Santa Ana a project of national priority, despite the Peruvian Constitution banning foreign-owned mining concessions within 50km of the national border. Subsequently the community ...; Created on 28 August 2018
36. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... pro-business president, Antonio Saca, succumbed to popular pressure and declared that he wouldn’t issue any additional mining exploitation permits. The FMLN candidate, Mauricio Funes, promised that if ...; Created on 07 May 2018
37. Salvadorans Reinforce Commitment to Sustain Historic Mining Ban on its First Anniversary: (Media Releases); ... of the risk that the law could be repealed. The archbishop of El Salvador, Jose Luis Escobar Alas, a fierce proponent of the prohibition declared during his Sunday March 25th press conference that ...; Created on 06 May 2018
38. Can Victory Over Irresponsible Mining in Central America Spur a Win in the Philippines?: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... 2017, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte surprised many by listening to the call of strong peoples’ movements as he declared that a ban on new open pit-mining would remain in place. This, despite a concerted ...; Created on 01 February 2018
39. Conservative candidate Carlos Calleja against mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Translated from Ultima Hora Carlos Calleja, the candidate to the presidency for the Republican Nationalist Alliance, ARENA party, considers himself to be a true environmentalist and has declared he is ...; Created on 14 November 2017
40. In El Salvador, OceanaGold Must ‘Pay Up and Pack Up’: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Pacific Rim Mining first announced its intention to sue in April 2009, after outgoing Salvadoran President Saca declared that he would not issue any new mine permits until a strategic environmental assessment ...; Created on 03 March 2017

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