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21. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... Update: On October 15, the Legislative Assembly approved, with 78 votes in favor, reforms to Article 2 of the Constitution of the Republic, which recognizes access to water as a fundamental human right. ...; Created on 01 December 2020
22. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... emphasized that the mine would remain closed while negotiations are ongoing. Meanwhile, the company announced on Monday, erroneously, that it had regained access to the mine and would once again ramp up ...; Created on 28 November 2020
23. The hidden connection between a US steel company and the controversial Los Pinares mine in Honduras: (Regional News); ... received from the Honduran government. But in 2018, the company began building an access road to the planned mine site, which it will use to transport iron oxide to a pelletizing plant in the nearby city ...; Created on 28 November 2020
24. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands: (Regional News); Global Voices One of the most essential aspects of COVID-19 prevention is regularly washing your hands; however, hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans are facing COVID-19 without reliable access to water. ...; Created on 11 September 2020
25. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); ... during the outbreak, the government is being threatened with arbitration by businesses in the European Union and Canada that want access to its energy markets. Several other legal experts have warned that ...; Created on 23 July 2020
26. Demand to resume discussion of the Water Law in El Salvador: (Regional News); ... resume "urgently" the discussion of the General Law of Water. The declaration recalls that "water is a source of life and a public good, whose access constitutes a fundamental human right", necessary in ...; Created on 03 July 2020
27. Status of the National Alliance against the Privatization of Water: (Regional News); ... part of the Alliance recognize water as a source of life and a public good, whose access constitutes a fundamental human right of humanity. Secondly, the organizations part of the Alliance also recognize ...; Created on 03 July 2020
28. Lack of a Water Law prolongs the historical crisis in the country: (Regional News); ... of the population, ”González added. Regarding the historical crisis on access to drinking water that the population faces, González recalled the management of the water crisis last January when the National ...; Created on 17 June 2020
29. World Environment Day with nothing to celebrate: (Regional News); ... time for humanity, where countries must reflect and support the need to rebuild a new development model, such as decent housing and access to drinking water, " Murillo said. Meanwhile, Omar Flores from ...; Created on 06 June 2020
30. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... in shifts to keep 24-hour watch over the access gate to the “El Tambor” gold mining project. Catholic masses, community meetings and cultural activities have punctuated this nearly decade-long vigil along ...; Created on 03 May 2020
31. Arrests, harassment of environmental defenders amid COVID-19 Pandemic in the Philippines: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the work of environmental defenders will affect the public’s much-needed access to water and sanitation, food and nutrition, and pollution control. In these perilous times, we urge all fellow environmental ...; Created on 21 April 2020
32. PRESS RELEASE: Citizen´s proposal for a general water law in El Salvador: (Water Crisis El Salvador); San Salvador, February 6th, 2020 The different sectors of civil society and the popular organizations hereby represented recognize water as a source of life and a public good, whose access constitutes ...; Created on 20 April 2020
33. Water, transparency and mining concerns in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... the local stakeholders. More recently, the communities living near the Didipio mine claimed to have water supply problems including access to potable water, and availability for use in their homes and ...; Created on 08 March 2020
34. Agriculture, a sustainable economic alternative to mining: (Mining and Human Rights); ... for the Development of El Salvador CRIPDES and the Association ADES from Santa Marta. The mining industry does not provide enough conditions to improve access to employment, food, water and higher quality ...; Created on 26 December 2019
35. The PPDDH presents a report that addresses the socio-environmental impacts of the San Sebastián Mine: (Commerce Group); Karla Rodas - Vanguardia El Salvador is among the ten most vulnerable countries in the world due to its geographical position and environmental conditions such as deforestation, limited access to water ...; Created on 26 December 2019
36. Honduran Land Defenders Receive the prestigious Letelier-Moffit award in Washington: (Regional News); ... Carlos Escaleras National Park. The reform, now called decree 252-2013, reduces the size of the protected area in order to give access to mining exploitation. “Following the legislative change there has ...; Created on 24 October 2019
37. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... In response, the Didipio community, backed by the local government, set up a barricade the following month to block access into the mine. OceanaGold claims it suspended operations in October 2019, but ...; Created on 04 October 2019
38. Oceanagold’s wealth is misery for Kasibu farmers: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... If we let them continue exploiting the environment’s resources then we’d just be accessory to it and that is something we could not allow,” Bahag said. During meetings, Bahag said Oceanagold representatives ...; Created on 16 September 2019
39. Mining Grabs Up Land, Deals Blow to Agriculture in Central America: (Background and reports ); ... "Impacts of metal mining in Central America,” published in 2011, warned that “access to the geographical space available to mining is twice that dedicated to the production of basic grains, that is, for ...; Created on 07 May 2019
40. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... Latin America Program Coordinator at MiningWatch Canada. Transnational corporations have access to the supranational arbitration system as a result of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clauses ...; Created on 03 May 2019

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