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21. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... such as Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, and Honduras. More precisely, in Honduras, eight people who oppose an opencast iron ore mine in the municipality of Tocoa have been in prison since September 2019 on ...; Created on 09 August 2020
22. The state of Siege in Izabal and Alta Verapaz: shelters, poppies, and the fear of repression: (Regional News); ... some of the journalists of Nómada traveled to El Estor, Izabal, to verify on the ground that the main effect of the state of Siege was to neutralize the community organization that opposes megaprojects ...; Created on 22 July 2020
23. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); ... California Sur, claiming a whopping $3.54 billion dollars. Fishing cooperatives, citizens groups and environmental organizations have been opposed to this project for years given the threat to their livelihoods ...; Created on 03 May 2020
24. International report finds that the Honduran government violates the rights of Tocoa's environmental defender: (Regional News); ... to verify reports of human rights violations against environmental defenders who oppose the mining project in the municipality of Tocoa, Colón. The project is the property of Lenir Pérez, a businessman ...; Created on 20 April 2020
25. Water, transparency and mining concerns in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... experienced by the host community. This is a concrete example why communities hosting mining operations vehemently oppose mining activities in their area. While we drool over the potential dollar revenues ...; Created on 08 March 2020
26. Map reveals Canadian mining company’s environmental, social conflicts: (Regional News); ... the self-determination of communities opposed to its projects,” Deniau said in a statement. The atlas uses information gathered from local communities to both raise the profile of their struggle and ...; Created on 02 March 2020
27. The Salvadorean State has a pending debt with land defenders criminalized by mining companies: (Mining and Human Rights); ... communities of San Isidro Cabañas, to oppose metal projects. That opposition caused mining companies, allied with the local right-wing government, to organize attacks on our leaders,” expressed the representative ...; Created on 26 December 2019
28. Environmentalists Denounce that Central American governments favor mining companies and criminalize activists: (Regional News); ... of the more than 25 organizations who participated, the governments of the region criminalize environmental defenders who oppose extractive projects and to favor mining and other extractive companies. ...; Created on 26 December 2019
29. Honduran Land Defenders Receive the prestigious Letelier-Moffit award in Washington: (Regional News); ... against environmental defenders who opposed the mine resulted in the indictment of 32 members of the Committee for the Defense of the Commons and Natural Resources of Tocoa. Originally, the Honduran judicial ...; Created on 24 October 2019
30. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... three young farmers in Masbate province on the island of Luzon, who were killed in October 2017 after they were red-tagged. The three farmers had opposed the Masbate Gold Project, the country’s top gold ...; Created on 04 October 2019
31. 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
32. Central American antimining activists gather in El Salvador to discuss joint strategies for action: (Media Releases); ... persecution, judicialization and criminalization against community leaders who oppose mining projects. “The criminalization against land defenders and community leaders has been the government´s response ...; Created on 05 May 2019
33. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala: (Cerro Blanco); ... Guatemalan capital, and about 10 kilometers from the border with El Salvador. This closeness with El Salvador led environmental groups from both countries to oppose the project since it was established ...; Created on 03 May 2019
34. Criminalisation brought to new extremes in case of Aymara indigenous communities in Peru: (Regional News); ... changes are made in Congress or at executive level, to pave the way for extractive industry activity and to restrict the rights of indigenous peoples or peasant communities opposed to mining projects.” ...; Created on 28 August 2018
35. Solidarity Statement to the People of El Salvador on the day of OceanGold's AG: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... opposed to mining. We gave a guarantee we would give our solidarity and support to the people we met in El Salvador, that had been struggling to defend their environment and live dignified lives. In ...; Created on 04 June 2018
36. Central Americans Demand to be Consulted About Mining Projects: (Regional News); ... to go back to their country,” said Dávila, a 48-year-old homemaker and mother of seven, as she stoked the fire. The residents of this and other neighbouring municipalities are firmly opposed to the company’s ...; Created on 09 May 2018
37. Salvadorans Reinforce Commitment to Sustain Historic Mining Ban on its First Anniversary: (Media Releases); ... on the government and multinational mining companies for more than 12 years before achieving the ban in a country where an estimated 79.5% are opposed to any gold mining. “The mining prohibition is a ...; Created on 06 May 2018
38. Latin American Women Weaving Territories: (Media Releases); ... struggle carried out for 12 years by various organized expressions of society that raised their voices against metallic mining. However, irreparable damage was done with the murder of Dora Sorto, who opposed ...; Created on 01 February 2018
39. In El Salvador, a moment more precious than gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... in which freshwater supplies become inadequate to respond to demand. This dramatic level of environmental vulnerability explains why almost 80 percent of the population is opposed to metallic mining, ...; Created on 26 June 2017
40. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... to El Salvador’s already-fragile water supplies. By 2007, a University of Central America poll revealed that close to two-thirds of the population opposed industrial mining.6 Then came the first unexpected ...; Created on 26 June 2017

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