A municipal referendum was held on September 18 in Asunción Mita, Guatemala, that will impact the future of the Cerro Blanco mine. The question on the ballot aske
d people if they were in agreement ...
... 18th of September in the municipality of Asunción Mita, Jutiapa, Guatemala. The consultation was related to the presence of metal mining projects in Asuncion Mita, home to the controversial Cerro Blanco ...
... Rescue of the Lempa River", are gathered today in response to the threat represented by metal mining exploitation and especially the "Cerro Blanco" mining project, located in the municipality of Asunción ...
... Blanco mining project in Jutiapa, and its re-opening by Bluestone Resources.
The OIE was created with the intention of contributing data on the extractive industry in Guatemala from an independent perspective. ...
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The Cerro Blanco mine is located just 15 kilometres from the border with El Salvador, in the municipality of Asunción Mita in the department of Jutiapa, Guatemala. Since 2006, the project has posed ...
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Cerro Blanco a mining project operated by Canadian company bluestone resources is located in the municipality of Asunción Mita, Guatemala. The Cerro Blanco mine could endanger the lives of more ...
... and financial machinery to restart operations at the Cerro Blanco mine, there is still a veil of secrecy and silence in the surrounding communities located near the megaproject.
Worker guards the entrance ...
Oscar Humberto Luna
The Cerro Blanco mining project in Guatemala is a threat to El Salvador’s water quality and quantity. This report describes possible human rights violations that may impact the Salvadoran ...
Given the recent announcement by Goldcorp Inc. on the indefinite suspension of the Cerro Blanco mining project, the most advanced project in the border of El Salvador and Guatemala, the National Roundtable ...
... Salvador to deliver a letter addressed to Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina to express concerns related to the Cerro Blanco mining project in the border with El Salvador.
The letter delivered ...
... against Ecuador for $480 million over the suspension of the Rio Blanco mining project. Local communities achieved the suspension of this underground gold and silver mine in the highlands of south-central ...
... activities of those countries do not harm our environment. The Cerro Blanco project, owned by Canadian company Bluestone Resources, is already operating with dubious permits in Guatemala, the main concern ...
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For example, the Cerro Blanco mine, located in the Guatemalan municipality of Asunción Mita, bordering on western El Salvador, is part of the Ostua-Guija-Lempa basin.
The pollution generated by the ...
... lethal, they will pollute our aquifers. We are already threatened with the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala, if it becomes exploited it will contaminate Lake Güija and by extension the Lempa river would ...
... lethal, they will pollute our aquifers. We are already threatened with the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala, if it becomes exploited it will contaminate Lake Güija and by extension the Lempa river would ...
... banks women wash, and kids bath. Behind a bridge we get off the bus and meet Gustavo Blanco, a community leader. He demands from the state and the company remediation of damages caused by mining. “They ...
... due to lost profits
Water is not supposed to be orange, not even in El Salvador. But, in the town of San Sebastian, in the Eastern part of the small Central American country, it is. Gustavo Blanco uses ...
... out the mine.
Gustavo Blanco’s dad used to work in the mine: “Companies here have extracted gold for a value of about 25 million dollars”, the 58-year-old man calculates. “The only things that are left ...
... discuss the impact of the Cerro Blanco Mine in El Salvador.
Days six and seven:
Participate as international observers in a community consultation process in Chalatenango.
Day eight:
Press ...