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1. US Senators introduce bill to tackle corruption & rights violations in Honduras - cite Guapinol case: (Mining and Human Rights); GuapinolResiste Read complete bill, refering to arbitrary detention of Guapinol River Defenders and illegal mining in Carlos Escaleras National Park here. Introduction comes as Honduran President ...; Created on 23 February 2021
2. PRESS RELEASE: Mesa introduces new Special Law to Ban Mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); Given the socio-environmental crisis in the country, we demand the Legislature discuss and approve the proposed Special Law to Ban Metallic Mining In 2006, we presented to the Legislative Assembly a ...; Created on 01 October 2013
3. PRESS RELEASE: La Mesa to introduce new mining legislation: (Media Releases); Because mining endangers life, the Salvadoran government must ban metallic mining. In 2006 the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining in El Salvador introduced a bill to regulate mining activity ...; Created on 22 September 2013
4. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... funding for Dorado Exploraciones. Bukele’s scheming to reintroduce mining in El Salvador is part and parcel of his authoritarianism. While targeting anti-mining activists from the country’s mineral-rich ...; Created on 06 April 2023
5. Green group supports ban on open-pit mining, protection of 'no mining zones: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Meanwhile, House Bill 6450, or the Open Pit Mining Ban bill, aims to impose a moratorium on the open pit method of mining for copper, gold, silver and complex ores in the country. Both bills were introduced ...; Created on 27 May 2021
6. Reactivation of Cerro Blanco Mining Project: (Mining and Human Rights); Guatemala Network Solidarity Kevo Dell In a series of tweets, in Spanish, The Extractive Industries Observatory (El Observatorio de Industrias Extractivas – OIE) has introduced a thread about the Cerro ...; Created on 06 May 2021
7. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the nationwide mining ban proposed by the water defenders and introduced by their partner in the ARENA party sailed through El Salvador’s Congress by a vote of 70 to 0. In the end, the water defenders’ ...; Created on 23 April 2021
8. The trial for Guapinol water defender Jeremías Martínez begins today in Tegucigalpa, Honduras: (Mining and Human Rights); ... introduced himself as follows: “I’m Jeremias & I’m 64 years old. I’m a father and a member of a peasant enterprise of the Unified Peasant Movement of Aguan (MUCA). I have been in jail since December ...; Created on 22 February 2021
9. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); ... International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines in Canada circulated a petition to introduce new federal legislation that would force Canada to acknowledge its role in mining overseas as well ...; Created on 17 December 2020
10. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... and the suspension of rights such as freedom of expression and assembly, will introduce a new penal code to criminalize social protest and jeopardizes civil liberties on June 25. "In the last 20 years, ...; Created on 09 August 2020
11. HONDURAS: Human rights defenders threatened by armed groups during quarantine: (Regional News); ... But these same measures have introduced new risks for human rights defenders who are now particularly vulnerable to armed groups trying to silence them. We urge the governments of Honduras and Colombia ...; Created on 31 July 2020
12. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); ... that in the renegotiation of the trade agreement between the European Union and Mexico, ISDS is going to be introduced via the EU’s Investment Court System. Extraction Casino: Mining Companies Gambling ...; Created on 03 May 2020
13. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... zinc, and silver. The government has also made it especially easy to invest. The 1995 Mining Act, which caters to foreign mining investors, was introduced as the country was grappling with national debt ...; Created on 04 October 2019
14. Water 2.0 - Salvadoreans take to the streets to battle renewed attempts to privatize water resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... and implemented a series of delaying tactics to stall the debate for more than three years, until a new law proposal was introduced by a block of unified right wing parties in June 2017. The new proposal ...; Created on 24 June 2018
15. COMMUNIQUE: The State of the Right to Free Prior and Informed Consent in the CA4 Region: (Media Releases); ... consent must issue moratoriums or suspensions of licenses and concessions of extractivist projects, to guarantee respect for human rights. the Salvadoran Government, in particular, besides having introduced ...; Created on 08 May 2018
16. The dilemma of artisanal miners after the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Commerce Group); ... Mining Laws. The legislation that prohibits mining introduced last year acknowledges their existence but provides a two years transitional period to face out their operations. This requirement is ...; Created on 07 May 2018
17. Salvadorans Reinforce Commitment to Sustain Historic Mining Ban on its First Anniversary: (Media Releases); ... While the law was introduced with cross-party support a year ago, community organizations are concerned that the results of March 4th legislative elections could put the ban at risk. Power in the legislature ...; Created on 06 May 2018
18. Looming threats to the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... A loosely regulated mining program was introduced in the early 2000s in the northern region of the country where the government had identified 33 mining sites and granted 28 exploration concessions ...; Created on 08 February 2018
19. To prevent water privatization: the next battle for Salvadorean environmentalists: (Water no Gold); ... was introduced in 2006 by members the Water Forum, (Foro de Agua), a coalition of environmental and social organizations that advocate for the implementation of the human right to water in El Salvador. ...; Created on 27 July 2017
20. Pressure Mounts on El Salvadoran Legislature to Ban Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... A bill was first introduced in 2006, and again in 2013, by the National Roundtable Against Metal Mining in El Salvador (a collection of environmental, labor, social justice, and human rights groups) but ...; Created on 13 February 2017

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