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1. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); We analyzed 38 multi-million dollar claims brought by the mining industry using ISDS and other investment protection laws; in over half, communities are fighting to protect Indigenous territory, water, ...; Created on 03 May 2019
2. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala: (Cerro Blanco); * Edgardo Ayala - Contrapunto Despite of a two year mining prohibition, the ghost of mining does not fade away for communities in El Salvador that are exposed to crossborder contamination that may cause ...; Created on 03 May 2019
3. Criminalisation brought to new extremes in case of Aymara indigenous communities in Peru: (Regional News); ... peasant rights. The case of Walter Aduviri and the Aymara people is emblematic of the attacks and threats faced by communities that stand up to defend their basic resources throughout Latin America ...; Created on 28 August 2018
4. Rural Communities’ Struggle Against US-Owned Mine Continues in Guatemalan Supreme Court: (Regional News); Jeff Abbott : UPSIDEDOWN WORLD The long-running struggle of rural communities in Guatemala against the United States-based mining firm Kappes, Cassiday, and Associates (KCA) continues in Guatemala’s ...; Created on 27 August 2018
5. In Mining-Affected Communities, Water Is Becoming More Precious Than Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... a mining permit. Legislated limits have been imposed on metal mining elsewhere under pressure from affected communities and to protect ecologically and culturally important areas. Costa Rica banned ...; Created on 26 June 2017
6. How communities in El Salvador are organizing to block mining projects: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Sandra Cuffe : Waging NonViolence Communities and organizations in northern El Salvador continue to organize referendums in an effort to keep their territories free of mining. Established by the country’s ...; Created on 05 March 2017
7. Communities Call on Local Representatives to Approve Anti-Mining Regulation: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... that bans metal mining in the country. In 2009 civil society organizations and communities presented a bill to the Legislative Assembly against mining, but up until now there have been no advances in ...; Created on 10 February 2017
8. Alejandro Guevara: “It was the communities who built the resistance against metallic mining”: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Dora Sorto, they have carried a long moral grief for their absence, but the grief has transcended to communities that continue their resistance against projects that risk the health of natural resources ...; Created on 03 January 2017
9. For grassroots organizations, the fight to protect water and local communities continues, now on a larger scale: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); TELESUR For grassroots organizations, the fight to protect water and local communities continues, now on a larger scale. After El Salvador won a decade-long legal battle against mining company OceanaGold on ...; Created on 10 November 2016
10. Dirty Metals: Mining, Communities and the Environment: (General Environment Backrounders); Earthworks and Oxfam America Mining has harmful effects on communities and their surrounding environment. Open-pit mines cause environmental destruction by deforestation and leaching harmful chemicals ...; Created on 23 April 2016
11. Communities Oppose Mining Project: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); By: Oscar López -CoLatino / Translated by: Marco Melloni People of different communities in the San Isidro municipality, region of Cabañas, manifested their opposition to a metal mining project in the ...; Created on 30 September 2015
12. Communities in rural El Salvador request a referendum to keep mining projects out of their territories.: (Territories Free of Mining); ... in the park of San Jose Las Flores, inviting people living in the urban core to attend a public event against mining. The event was promoted by leaders from the communities of El Portillo, El Tamarindo, ...; Created on 08 September 2014
13. Members of Congress urge El Salvador to protect environment and communities from mining: (Background and reports ); ... aid and relief organization Oxfam America praised the ten members of Congress who urged the National Assembly of El Salvador to take immediate action to protect the environment and local communities from ...; Created on 27 November 2013
14. Members of Congress urge El Salvador to protect environment and communities from mining: (Background and reports ); ... aid and relief organization Oxfam America praised the ten members of Congress who urged the National Assembly of El Salvador to take immediate action to protect the environment and local communities from ...; Created on 27 November 2013
15. Communities from Across the Hemisphere Speak out Against Pacific Rim: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Communities from Across the Hemisphere Speak out Against Pacific Rim On October 20th, thousands of people marched in Cabañas, El Salvador to voice their opposition to the proposed gold mining project ...; Created on 31 October 2012
16. ADES and MUFRAS 32 and the communities of Cabañas celebrate the IV Festival for the Human Right to a Healthy Environment: (Mining and Human Rights); ADES and MUFRAS 32 and the communities of Cabañas celebrate the IV Festival for the Human Right to a Healthy Environment By, Héctor Berrios On September 15, 2012 women, men, young people and children ...; Created on 24 September 2012
17. Investor Rights Strip Communities of their Basic National Sovereignty: (FTAs & ISDS); Investor Rights Strip Communities of their Basic National Sovereignty On the day of the expected Pacific Rim decision, the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining organized a press conference with ...; Created on 08 June 2012
18. Congressional Briefing: Do Trade Agreement International Investor Protections Imperil Local Communities and the Environment?: (Background and reports ); Do Trade Agreement International Investor Protections Imperil Local Communities and the Environment? On Wednesday, March 28th Luis Gonzalez, a member of the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining ...; Created on 04 April 2012
19. Communities from Across the Hemisphere -Front Page: (2013 International Support for Mining Ban); Save the Mining Moratorium Law The state of Wisconsin’s mining legislation is some of the strongest in the country and the world. Their “prove it first” law requires mining companies to show ...; Created on 20 February 2012
20. 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

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