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21. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... was operated on the throat for a tumor, and the money saved helps us because we take her to a private doctor every month”. According to the 2019 Survey of Households and Multiple Purposes (Encuesta de ...; Created on 05 January 2021
22. Honduran justice denies defenders of the Guapinol river to wait for their trial in freedom: (Regional News); CRITERIO Tegucigalpa. - Eight environmental defenders of the Atlantic zone of Honduras have been in prison for 15 months due to their opposition to a mining project which is plagued with irregularities. ...; Created on 28 December 2020
23. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... this appointment, possibly spurred from within the U.S. Embassy, these threats are increasingly dire. At almost two months since Alemán took possession of the institution, organizations have continued ...; Created on 01 December 2020
24. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... tried for months to appeal to company management to correct breaches of their social-cooperation agreement. Instead of receiving a constructive response, they faced disrespect, ridicule, and discrimination ...; Created on 28 November 2020
25. Oceanagold violates restraining order from N. Vizcaya government: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... in Cagayan Valley early this month after the onslaught of #TyphoonUlysses. The heavy rainfall caused the toxic dam tailings to overflow, submerging the communities downstream. The Oceanagold’s trespass ...; Created on 28 November 2020
26. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... her father in six months, since the Honduran government’s draconian Covid-19 measures banned most travel and prison visits. Porfirio Sorto Cedillo, a 48-year-old builder and farm worker, is one of eight ...; Created on 07 October 2020
27. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... notified last month that an appellate court had reinstated criminal proceedings against them. Over the past two years, 31 people from Tocoa have faced criminal prosecution as a result of their opposition ...; Created on 25 September 2020
28. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands: (Regional News); ... Altavista complained about the lack of service. Mendoza, who received bottled water, is one of the frustrated citizens. She said: The water truck comes maybe once a month, which is not enough to survive ...; Created on 11 September 2020
29. 5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras: (Regional News); ... and the extermination of the inhabitants of the Garífuna communities without any follow up from the authorities.” After nearly two months since the kidnapping of our Garífuna brothers there has been ...; Created on 03 September 2020
30. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); ... also handed themselves in a few months later, but paradoxically, the judge issued a pre-trial detention order. No evidence of the alleged crimes having taken place was presented, not to mention evidence ...; Created on 01 September 2020
31. The Honduran government intensifies persecution against defenders of the Guapinol River: (Regional News); ... who have been in preventive prison for 11 months, for the alleged crimes of aggravated arson to the detriment of the Los Pinares mining company and deprivation of liberty against Santos Corea, the head ...; Created on 20 August 2020
32. Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case: (Regional News); ... armed security guards at the peaceful camp that had been set up a month earlier to defend the rivers that supply the community from the impacts of contamination by the mining project illegally installed ...; Created on 18 August 2020
33. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the safe return of five Garífuna land defenders who were kidnapped last month in the Caribbean coastal town of Triunfo de la Cruz. Witnesses say the abductors wore police uniforms and forced them into ...; Created on 17 August 2020
34. The Duterte era: A state of nature under attack: (OceanaGold Philippines); Leon Dulce Bulatlat A complex array of multiple crises slowly brewing for four years breached the tipping point and inundated the Philippines in just the last four and a half months. This is the story ...; Created on 25 July 2020
35. Timeline: Guatemala mine suspensions: (Regional News); ... 18 months. Solway halts mining at Fénix, switching to alternative ore sources. The Escobal and Fénix mines are likely to remain suspended for some time to come as a result of court rulings, while KCA’s ...; Created on 23 July 2020
36. In El Estor: a chain of breaches and contempt by CGN-PRONICO puts the lives of human rights defenders at risk: (Regional News); ... this employer abuse, a worker died last month inside the mine facilities. To worsen even further the already difficult situation, amid the confinement measures imposed by the Giammattei government, the ...; Created on 12 June 2020
37. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... mining companies suing over projects that people have managed to halt through direct action and in the courts. This month, in Guatemala, the Peaceful Resistance “La Puya” celebrates eight years of struggle ...; Created on 03 May 2020
38. Ostúa River contaminated with lead and arsenic from Cerro Blanco mine: (Cerro Blanco); ... dry up. Currently, they obtain approximately 6 liters of water per second. In 2019, for the first time, the fountain dried up for 4 months due to lack of rain. The drought could come permanently, not only ...; Created on 21 April 2020
39. Honouring the struggle of Mariano Abarca and Environment Defenders in Chiapas: (Regional News); ... working for the company and, just a few months prior to his murder, plain-clothes police detained him without charge for eight days in response to outlandish accusations that Blackfire filed against him. ...; Created on 26 December 2019
40. The Salvadorean State has a pending debt with land defenders criminalized by mining companies: (Mining and Human Rights); ... in El Salvador. Marcelo Rivera was found in a well in an advanced state of decomposition; and later that year, Ramiro Rivera and Dora Sorto, who was 8 months pregnant, were killed by paid gunmen. Pedro ...; Created on 26 December 2019

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