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1. Bill Clinton Leads Sinister Business Alliance in El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Republished from: CISPES On Monday, November 9, El Salvador was host to an unusual meeting of some of the continent’s wealthiest and most influential players: former US President Bill Clinton, notorious ...; Created on 19 November 2015
2. ADES demands further investigation into the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Mining and Human Rights); Six years after the assassination of Marcelo Rivera, family members and environmental leaders of Cabañas continue to demand justice. “We are outraged that after six years, families of people who worked ...; Created on 12 July 2015
3. LPG: Investigations into pollution in the San Sebastian River: (Commerce Group); Investigations into pollution in the San Sebastian River (LPG) Yesterday a delegation of specialists collected samples from the river Written by Ángela Alfaro Tuesday, July 3, 2012 00:00 Translated ...; Created on 05 July 2012
4. Investigations into Pollution in the San Sebastian River: (Commerce Group); Investigations into Pollution in the San Sebastian River The containers analyzed by MARN presumably contain cyanide and ferrous sulfate By Gloria Morán Translation by Jan Morrill Original Version ...; Created on 05 July 2012
5. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... searching for new ways to earn revenues “thanks in part to its ill-advised embrace of Bitcoin.” The Salvadoran government invested $150 million of its reserves into cryptocurrency, and it is known that ...; Created on 06 April 2023
6. Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... arrests send thousands into despair Nayib Bukele, the authoritarian populist president who swept to power in 2019, has repeatedly blocked attempts to seek justice for civil war victims – the vast majority ...; Created on 04 April 2023
7. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... government has created a new agency to oversee extractive industries and begun looking into international agreements that facilitate investment in precious metals. Five “water defenders,” who have spent ...; Created on 03 April 2023
8. PRESS RELEASE: The municipal consultation on Cerro Blanco mine is valid and legitimate: (Cerro Blanco); ... but these do not call into question the transparency and forcefulness of the results obtained in the municipal consultation process, nor we idenfied improper actions by members of the Municipal Commission ...; Created on 21 September 2022
9. The law on the right to water reaches Parliament, "people's lives are at stake" warns Cardinal Rosa Chav: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... spoke of a particular project. Cardinal Rosa Chávez said he did not know the content of the project, but hopes that "what has been done so far will be taken into account", and described the way in which ...; Created on 15 June 2021
10. Green group supports ban on open-pit mining, protection of 'no mining zones: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... reform and rural development, and genuine sustainable development in order to translate mining into a truly just and green economic recovery," it added. The group cited the large-scale mining operations ...; Created on 27 May 2021
11. Scientists, fishers say new mining deals to cause more damage than good: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... catastrophe that would fuel violations of socio-economic rights,” said Hicap. Since President Duterte came into office, at least 124 Filipino environment defenders were subjected to red-tagging and criminalization, ...; Created on 24 May 2021
12. To the General Public, The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya states: (La Puya International Support Letter); Guatemala Solidarity Kevo Dell The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya (La Resistencia Pacifica La Puya) published the above announcement regarding the encroachment of members of the National Police into ...; Created on 23 May 2021
13. PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya as court ruling gives mining company access to the site: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... the operating licence remains suspended.” The full statement by the Peaceful Resistance has been translated into English by the Guatemala Solidarity Network and can be read here. The Peace Brigades ...; Created on 22 May 2021
14. Human Rights Advocates and Legal Experts Deliver Blueprint for New International Corporate Accountability Law in Canada: (Mining and Human Rights); CNCA Today the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) releases draft model legislation that provides lawmakers with a blueprint for writing into Canadian law the corporate duty to respect ...; Created on 21 May 2021
15. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... River is now dead thanks to Ivanhoe and Lepanto,” he said. He added that tailings from the mine disposed into the river have had a harmful impact on fish, and heavy metals have poisoned agricultural lands. ...; Created on 12 May 2021
16. Honduras: Supreme Court must correct distorted ruling & free arbitrarily detained Guapinol defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... investigation" into this arbitrariness and to take action against those responsible for it. In addition, the Group asked the State of Honduras to disseminate this opinion "by all available means and as ...; Created on 11 May 2021
17. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... over information, putting its effectiveness into question. By the spring of 2019, all fourteen of the union and NGO representatives advising on CORE’s work resigned, complaining that the government had ...; Created on 07 May 2021
18. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... written into international trade deals. Foreign companies used these courts to pressure governments into voiding criminal convictions against their executives for offenses including embezzlement, fraud, ...; Created on 23 April 2021
19. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... regulations for industry. Transnational mining in Espinar - Structural problems and the presence of Glencore Just as transnational mining didn’t go into quarantine, neither did the conflicts inherent ...; Created on 22 April 2021
20. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... they write, “On that balmy evening in 2009, who could have guessed that Miguel’s questions [about the ICSID lawsuit] and Vidalina’s call to action would pull us two—and thousands of others around the world—into ...; Created on 11 April 2021

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