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1. Timeline: Guatemala mine suspensions: (Regional News); ... Three years after a license suspension at Pan American Silver’s Escobal silver-lead-zinc operation, BNamericas takes a look at key court rulings which have affected mines since 2013, and the outlook ...; Created on 23 July 2020
2. Guatemalan court upholds Tahoe mine suspension: (Regional News); ... a truck at a roadside action in Casillas to make sure it does not carry material or supplies destined for the Escobal mine. Sandra CuffeOn Monday, the Guatemalan Constitutional Court upheld the suspension ...; Created on 16 September 2018
3. National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining on the temporary suspension the Cerro Blanco mining project: (Media Releases); 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 ...; Created on 04 August 2013
4. Water Forum of El Salvador Opposes the Government's Mining Suspensio: (2013 North America Tour); Water Forum of El Salvador Opposes the Government's Mining Suspension Today, sitting beneath banners that read “For sustainability and the Right to Water” the Water Form of El Salvador held a press ...; Created on 22 August 2012
5. Public statement from social movement organizations on the detention of members of the Santa Marta community and ADES in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... - which involves the suspension of various constitutional rights-, but in this case, it should not apply because those charged have no relationships with gangs. In view of these events, the undersigned ...; Created on 13 January 2023
6. Green group supports ban on open-pit mining, protection of 'no mining zones: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... firm’s permit lapsed. “That OceanaGold was able to easily reverse its suspension and is now enjoying the railroading of its Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) renewal puts to question ...; Created on 27 May 2021
7. Pan American Silver Pressured to Shut Down Community Interference in Guatemala: (Mining and Human Rights); ... company’s community work as coercive, in violation of the “free” nature of the consultation and the Constitutional Court suspension order, and a main driver of increased tension and violence. In their ...; Created on 12 May 2021
8. Imai v. Canada: Access-to-information lawsuit concerning Canada’s intervention in human rights case against Goldcorp in Guatemala: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of American States’ human rights commission called for a suspension of operations at the company’s Marlin mine in 2010. The Guatemalan government ultimately denied the commission’s request, which was meant ...; Created on 11 May 2021
9. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Gina Lopez, a staunch anti-mining advocate, as secretary of the DENR. In her one year in office, Lopez oversaw the closure and/or suspension of permits for 26 mining operations found in violation of environmental ...; Created on 15 April 2021
10. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... a temporary banking crisis, an electricity-distribution agreement and telecommunications infrastructure. In addition, Colombia is facing potential arbitrations in relation to the suspension of operations ...; Created on 21 January 2021
11. Vizcaya gov still opposes Didipio: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... expired FTAA by President Duterte. On June 10, 2019, the FTAA of OGPI), a subsidiary of Melbourne-based OceanaGold Corporation, has expired resulting in temporary suspension of OGPI’s operations pending ...; Created on 08 January 2021
12. Anti-mining community, Gina Lopez awarded as heroes for the environment: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... government, and religious sectors, lobbied for the permanent suspension of operation of Oceanagold, citing both environmental and human rights atrocities. It was in October last year that the company suspended ...; Created on 07 October 2020
13. More ISDS cases launched against Latin American states amid the COVID-19 pandemic: (ISDS); ... requested the suspension of arbitration proceedings in two of the ongoing cases related to mining: with the Swiss firm Glencore and the US investor Julio Miguel Orlandini Agreda. The arbitrators in both ...; Created on 01 September 2020
14. The Honduran government intensifies persecution against defenders of the Guapinol River: (Regional News); ... the COVID19 pandemic, to impose social control through the selective suspension of civil rights, criminalization of social protest and political harassment against human rights defenders. At the same time, ...; Created on 20 August 2020
15. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... industry was declared non-essential, mining companies in the territory had to close operations from the beginning of April, a period of suspension that had to extend until May 31. Yet, mining companies ...; Created on 09 August 2020
16. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... severe lockdown since March 15. This includes a 24-hour curfew and suspension of basic rights, including freedom of expression and assembly, with military and police enforcement. Across the country, ...; Created on 23 July 2020
17. The state of Siege in Izabal and Alta Verapaz: shelters, poppies, and the fear of repression: (Regional News); ... coal and raw materials into the mine, which caused the company to suspend labor contracts. Those affected from the suspensions, blamed the Q’eqchi Ombudsman, an organization that has opposed mining. "Here ...; Created on 22 July 2020
18. Social organizations reject militarization in five municipalities of Guatemala: (Regional News); ... Mother Earth has been defended from the onslaught of an agro-industry that depredates everything for its benefit," as the two organizations expressed in a conjunct statement. The suspension of the exploitation ...; Created on 20 July 2020
19. In El Estor: a chain of breaches and contempt by CGN-PRONICO puts the lives of human rights defenders at risk: (Regional News); ... granted legal protection to the fishermen and ordered the suspension of mining activities. The owners of CGN-PRONICO, a Russian-owned company based for tax reasons in the Swiss city of Zur, ignored the ...; Created on 12 June 2020
20. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... In 2016, the peaceful resistance turned to the courts. They achieved the mine´s suspension for lack of prior consultation with Indigenous people. Shortly later, an investigation was opened against the ...; Created on 03 May 2020

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