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1. Pacific Rim/Oceana Gold taken to trial in Geneva for violations of human rights in El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... to guarantee the life and personal integrity of the beneficiaries, and to inform the IACHR about any actions taken to investigate the facts.” Locally, the then Human Rights Ombudsman of El Salvador, ...; Created on 25 June 2014
2. International community calls for release of El Salvador antimining activists: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the world and was celebrated as a landmark step for environmental policy. But in recent years, President Nayib Bukele’s government has taken some steps that suggest it’s reconsidering its position on ...; Created on 20 December 2023
3. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... a page. President Nayib Bukele, a populist who’s made investment and infrastructure the centerpiece of his agenda, has taken a number of steps that, at least on the surface, look like preparations for ...; Created on 03 April 2023
4. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... recovery of this territory began in 1991 but was later taken over by drug traffickers for ten years. And in 2011 is when we began to make the new reoccupation. Today it has about 1,200 hectares and some ...; Created on 25 December 2021
5. La Mesa releases a memoir of their collective struggle to ban mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... made to conduct environmental remediation to 15 abandoned mines classified as “environmental passives”, and no steps have been taken to protect local watersheds from cross border mining projects. The ...; Created on 29 June 2021
6. 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
7. Peru miners fall amid uncertainty over tight presidential election: (Mining and Human Rights); ... with the arrival of more acts from rural areas, Castillo has taken the lead. "The country is practically divided in half," said Alfredo Torres, director of Ipsos Peru. About 96% of the votes cast in ...; Created on 08 June 2021
8. First Pre-Consultation Meeting with the Xinka People on the Escobal Mine: (Mining and Human Rights); ... hope that the right to self-determination that we have as Xinka Indigenous people will be respected”. It should be emphasized that government has taken more than three years to comply with the Constitutional ...; Created on 26 May 2021
9. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... in exchange for the protection of its facilities. Moreover, as a result of these conflicts protest has been criminalized and unfair prosecutions have taken place against social leaders in the provinces. ...; Created on 22 April 2021
10. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption: (OceanaGold); ... a plan by OceanaGold to enlarge its mining site by 832 acres. The existing site is a vast area of deep holes, tall rock piles, smothered creeks and cleared land. Recent drone footage, taken by a photographer ...; Created on 02 April 2021
11. US Senators introduce bill to tackle corruption & rights violations in Honduras - cite Guapinol case: (Mining and Human Rights); ... has taken significant steps in recent months to shield senior officials from accountability, including shutting down the Organization of American States-backed Mission of Support against Corruption and ...; Created on 23 February 2021
12. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town: (OceanaGold); ... unsafe to eat more than small amounts. The mercury pollution likely came from coal-burning power plants. The pollution fell into the water and was slowly taken in by fish, experts have said. Records ...; Created on 12 February 2021
13. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... alongside other imprisoned land and human rights defenders around the world. His cause was also taken up by many on the left in Peru. In 2018, now-President of Congress Mirtha Vásquez of the socialist ...; Created on 21 January 2021
14. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... May 22, 2020) 2. COVID-19-Related Claims Given the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic and the drastic measures that have ensued, there are fears that the actions taken by states to control the spread of ...; Created on 21 January 2021
15. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... cannot expropriate an investment without prompt, adequate, and effective compensation. In addition, expropriations must be for a public purpose, undertaken non-discriminatorily, and carried out under due ...; Created on 06 January 2021
16. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); ... “My neighbours were completely taken by surprise, too.” Peachey said she worries the tunnel will increase traffic in the area and further industrialize protected public lands as well as Waihi. “New Zealand ...; Created on 17 December 2020
17. 5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras: (Regional News); ... compensate the Garífuna community for the territory that had been taken over by foreigners and companies for tourist projects. As of present day, the ruling has yet to be met. “The Honduran state is ...; Created on 03 September 2020
18. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); ... one of the protests, private security guards employed by the company fired at the demonstrators. One bullet hit a young man in the back and punctured his lung. He was taken to hospital for emergency surgery. ...; Created on 01 September 2020
19. The lawyers in the Guapinol case reject denial of appeal stating that it was copied and pasted form a different resolution: (Mining and Human Rights); "Business Human Right Legal Defense of Guapinol Water Protectors Respond to Disgraceful "Copy-Paste" Appeals Court Ruling with Constitutional Action", 24 de agosto de 2020 The eight defenders have ...; Created on 24 August 2020
20. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the horror of what has taken place. Explain who these five Black Indigenous environmental leaders are. CARLA GARCIA: Good morning, and thank you. Thank you very much for lift the voice of OFRANEH, be ...; Created on 17 August 2020

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