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21. Honduran justice denies defenders of the Guapinol river to wait for their trial in freedom: (Regional News); ... has generated violence and conflict, causing at least seven deaths to date and the prosecution of 32 community leaders. The denial for environmentalists to wait for their trial in freedom contrasts with ...; Created on 28 December 2020
22. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of corporate environmental ethics” and dismissed the Guapinol’s water defenders as “false environmentalists.” A Pinares statement suggested, according to The Nation, “that many are armed criminals who, ...; Created on 25 September 2020
23. Social organizations reject militarization in five municipalities of Guatemala: (Regional News); ... to exploit the land strategically for mining, hydroelectric, and monocultures in the northern areas of the country are the ones pushing for the approval of the state of siege," explained the environmentalist. ...; Created on 20 July 2020
24. Ostúa River contaminated with lead and arsenic from Cerro Blanco mine: (Cerro Blanco); ... improvement of gold prizes in the international market. Still, these reasons raised several doubts among the Guatemalan population. Guatemalan environmentalists believe that the closure of the Cerro ...; Created on 21 April 2020
25. The Salvadorean State has a pending debt with land defenders criminalized by mining companies: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of ADES and local environmentalist, Alirio Hernández. Hernandez recounts how the tactics that Pacific Rim conspired to persecute and assassinate, Marcelo Rivera in 2009, for his fight against metal mining ...; Created on 26 December 2019
26. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... that the military was behind any killings of environmentalists or land defenders. “These, again, are mere accusations against the AFP to discredit the government and tarnish our reputation,” he said. Arevalo ...; Created on 04 October 2019
27. National Roundtable against Metal Mining Demands technical closure of mines and compensation for environmental damage: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Morales, president of the Association of Social Economic Development Santa Marta (ADES), assured GatoEncerrado that some mining projects are still latent in El Salvador. Moreover, according to the environmentalist ...; Created on 18 September 2019
28. Central American antimining activists gather in El Salvador to discuss joint strategies for action: (Media Releases); ... movements, environmentalists and human rights defenders gathered in El Salvador to participate in the IV Regional Meeting of the Central American Alliance against Mining -ACAFREMIN. The meeting aimed ...; Created on 05 May 2019
29. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala: (Cerro Blanco); ... replaced, and the new team approved the same study". Environmentalists charge that since 2013, workers of the mine have been pumping boiling sulphured, thermal waters into the Ostua river wich leads ...; Created on 03 May 2019
30. Founding statement: National Alliance against Water Privatization in El Salvador: (Media Releases); San Salvador June 16, 2018 This morning members of more than seventy social organizations, environmentalists, youth, women groups, churches, unions and universities across the country marched through ...; Created on 25 June 2018
31. El Salvador: first anniversary of the mining ban A cause for celebration, but the new law faces dangers: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... accompanied by the Catholic Church, environmentalists, academic institutions, broad-based social movements and a variety of other actors. Mining in El Salvador. Video by ACISAM Bills to prohibit ...; Created on 22 June 2018
32. Central Americans Demand to be Consulted About Mining Projects: (Regional News); ... Research and Communication Team (ERIC), attached to the Jesuits. “But the State continues to ignore the will of the people,” he said. Environmentalist activists said local governments in the area consider ...; Created on 09 May 2018
33. Threats to the Law Against Metallic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... with the idea of "Responsible Mining". But González affirms that there is no socially responsible mining that replaces what is lost in the ecosystems through extractive activity. Environmentalists also ...; Created on 07 May 2018
34. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Bad River coming to support Planned Parenthood and vice versa,” he says. Imagine teachers, farmers, environmentalists, health workers, all working together. “That’s how they got the ban. There’s a lot ...; Created on 07 May 2018
35. A year with a bitter taste in environmental matters in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and environmentalists have suffered criminalization by the Salvadoran authorities. Community leaders of Tacuba were found guilty and sentenced to pay fines for a crime they did not commit, explained Karen ...; Created on 01 February 2018
36. 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
37. How Local, Grassroots Organizing Drove El Salvador’s Mining Ban: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); * Yevgeniya Yatsenko and Sebastian Rosemont : Foreign Policy in Focus U.S. environmentalists take note: El Salvador's activists proved that a national consensus on environmentalism can be forged one town ...; Created on 26 June 2017
38. El Salvador Passes Historic Law To Ban Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Sebastian Rosemont: Huffinton Post The vote marked the culmination of a decade of pressure from activists, environmentalists and the Catholic church. In an historic vote, El Salvador became the first ...; Created on 16 April 2017
39. Social Movements Demand Blunt Action to Prohibit Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... has been happening for more than 10 years, and that debate has even had unfortunate consequences such as the murders of environmentalists. This can be closed with 43 votes of the Legislative Assembly, ...; Created on 15 February 2017
40. PRESS RELEASE: Permanent Alert against Metallic Mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... deeds, the foundation deepens the level of social unrest in the communities which has already taken the life of 5 environmentalists and continuing death threats to many more. III.- It is urgent to close ...; Created on 04 January 2017

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