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1. Central American mayors reject mining exploitation that affects strategic river: (Cerro Blanco); El Financiero A dozen mayors from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras expressed this Tuesday their opposition to the exploitation of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala for contaminating the strategic ...; Created on 12 June 2022
2. Central American mayors reject mining exploitation that affects strategic river: (Cerro Blanco); El Financiero A dozen mayors from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras expressed this Tuesday their opposition to the exploitation of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala for contaminating the strategic ...; Created on 12 June 2022
3. Criminalization increases against environmental defenders and social movements of the Central American region: (Regional News); ACAFREMIN Social and environmental movements in the defense of human rights, groups of environmental women, indigenous peoples among other expressions organized mainly from the Central American region ...; Created on 26 December 2019
4. Environmentalists Denounce that Central American governments favor mining companies and criminalize activists: (Regional News); Marvin Diaz - Gato Encerrado The criminalization of environmentalists and land defenders was the thematic focus of the fifth meeting of the Central American Alliance Against Mining (ACAFREMIN) in El Salvador. ...; Created on 26 December 2019
5. Mining Grabs Up Land, Deals Blow to Agriculture in Central America: (Background and reports ); ... has been spreading its tentacles throughout Central America and dealing a blow to the region’s agriculture and natural ecosystems, according to affected villagers, activists and a new report on the problem. ...; Created on 07 May 2019
6. 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
7. Central Americans Demand to be Consulted About Mining Projects: (Regional News); ... mining operations, due to the social and environmental damage they say has been caused since they began in 2007. Conflicts like this have broken out in other areas of Guatemala and in other Central American ...; Created on 09 May 2018
8. Can Victory Over Irresponsible Mining in Central America Spur a Win in the Philippines?: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); John Cavanagh, Robin Broad : RAPPLER OceanaGold was stunningly defeated in El Salvador last March. Can it be defeated in the Philippines by 2019? In March 2017, the small nation of El Salvador took ...; Created on 01 February 2018
9. Metals mining and Sustainable Development in Central America: An Assessment of benefits and costs: (General mining reports ); Oxfam This assessment conducted by Oxfam discusses the social, environmental and economic costs of metals mining in Central America. The prices of metals are very unstable and mining practices produce ...; Created on 23 April 2016
10. Myth and Realities of Mining Central America: (General mining reports ); Caritas El Salvador This article discusses four myths that are told by the mining industry in order to justify their activities in Central America. First, that the current technologies used in mining ...; Created on 23 April 2016
11. The Economics of Climate Change in Central America: Summary 2009: (General Environment Backrounders); UKaid 2009 The evidence is clear that greenhouse gases from anthropogenic activities are causing dramatic changes in the global climate. Central America is very vulnerable to these changes because of ...; Created on 23 April 2016
12. STATEMENT ON THE INCURSION OF THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA: (Media Releases); ... of the Central American territory, as such we express to the national and international public opinion. Extractive industries are transnational corporations working in collusion with governments and ...; Created on 18 December 2013
13. Central American anti-mining activists form coalition in Nicaragua: (2013 North America Tour); ... mining met today in Managua to form a coalition to unify efforts against such projects. "It's a need to articulate our struggles, because mining provides a worrying trend for Central America, in some ...; Created on 08 December 2013
14. Mining multinationals exploit Central America: (Water no Gold); By: Patrick Weiniger Patrick Weiniger First published in: http://redflag.org.au/article/mining-multinationals-exploit-central-america El Salvadoran anti-mining campaigner Vidalina Morales recently ...; Created on 03 December 2013
15. Central American community groups work together on mining issues: (March 2013 North American Tour); ... experience is the one to which people in Central America who are concerned about mining always point. Honduras, governed since a 2009 military coup by business-oriented elites, is creating special development ...; Created on 18 March 2013
16. Semana Internacional de Accion para Demandar la Libertad de los 5 Defensores de Santa Marta y ADES: (Free the Santa Marta 5); ... del Primero de Mayo en El Salvador (Liderada por ADES) 2 de mayo: (AMÉRICA CENTRAL) Webinar: El Acuerdo de Escazú, los derechos ambientales y lacriminalización de las personas defensoras de la tierra ...; Created on 09 April 2023
17. International Week of Action Free the Santa Marta 5: (Free the Santa Marta 5); ... (Led by Alyansa Tigil Mina) May 1: (EL SALVADOR) Solidarity Action During Mayday Celebrations in El Salvador (Led by ADES) May 2: (CENTRAL AMERICA) Webinar: The Escazu Agreement, Environmental ...; Created on 08 April 2023
18. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... department. Pacific Rim had been maneuvering for years to receive exploitation approval from the central government as local communities organized resistance to the project. Four anti-mining activists ...; Created on 06 April 2023
19. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the historic mining ban—despite environmental concerns and the Central American country's ongoing water issues due to the climate emergency and pollution. "Among El Salvador's greatest heroes of this century ...; Created on 20 January 2023
20. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation: (Cerro Blanco); ... solid and liquid waste will contaminate shared watersheds, worsen current water scarcity, and increase environmental vulnerability in Central America, says Jose Mario Lopez, of the Central American Alliance ...; Created on 22 September 2022

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