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1. Case Studies: Investor-State Attacks on Public Interest Policies: (ISDS); Public Citizen The investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system shifts the power between the government and corporations, prioritizing corporate rights. Foreign corporations have used ISDS to attack ...; Created on 30 April 2016
2. International Week of Action Free the Santa Marta 5: (Free the Santa Marta 5); ... on land located in areas of mining interest. On January 11, Salvadoran police arrested 5 Water Defenders from Santa Marta in Cabañas, including Antonio Pacheco, the director of the Salvadoran Economic ...; Created on 08 April 2023
3. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... cryptocurrency investments provides some context for his apparent interest in reintroducing mining to El Salvador. According to a statement by the Institute for Policy Studies, the Bukele government is ...; Created on 06 April 2023
4. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of ADES) The water defenders started speaking out against industrial mining around 2005, when the rising price of gold attracted increased interest in the untapped deposits across northern El Salvador. ...; Created on 03 April 2023
5. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Bukele has shown no interest in implementing pending aspects of the mining prohibitions of 2017, like environmental remediation and reparation for the victims of the mining conflicts." "On the contrary," ...; Created on 20 January 2023
6. Santa Marta Community Leaders Are Persecuted in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Marta expressed that it seemed "outrageous and suspicious" that the Salvadoran State is interested in promoting "a case" 31 years after the end of the Salvadoran civil war, and after over 40 years of "countless ...; Created on 19 January 2023
7. URGENT COMMUNIQUE: To the people of Asuncion Mita, the national and international community: (Cerro Blanco); ... few misinformed citizens of Asuncion Mita, whose particular interest is to generate disinformation for the local population while supporting mining projects that may negatively impact the natural resources ...; Created on 23 September 2022
8. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation: (Cerro Blanco); ... municipal authorities, on any issue that affects the public interest, if 10% percent of the registered voters sign a petition addressed to local municipal authorities. Once the petition is received, the ...; Created on 22 September 2022
9. PRESS RELEASE: The municipal consultation on Cerro Blanco mine is valid and legitimate: (Cerro Blanco); ... are legitimate. We believe that the position of the Ministry of Energy and Mines of Guatemala, in its attempt to invalidate the overwhelming results in Asunción Mita and reveals the interests of the Guatemalan ...; Created on 21 September 2022
10. Public statement of the Local Governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, regarding the “Cerro Blanco” mining project, developed by the ...: (Cerro Blanco); ... of the Trifinio Plan, it is established in article three, that "The Parties recognize the Trifinio Region as an area of special interest of the three countries, which represents an indivisible unit, in ...; Created on 12 June 2022
11. PRESS RELESE: Environmental Organizations Dennounce Privatization of Water in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... we will continue to demand a General Water Law that guarantees sustainability and the human rights of the population, above the interests of any oligarchic group in the country. Water is not for sale, ...; Created on 23 December 2021
12. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... metal exploration and exploitation again. The government has shown little interest to date in environmental issues, and its policies and practices confirm the absence of an environmental conscience. ...; Created on 14 December 2021
13. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... police actions to defend the company’s interests and repress community members. Just a couple of weeks ago, police put on an intimidating show of force on behalf of KCA, a reminder of the strong government ...; Created on 07 June 2021
14. To the General Public, The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya states: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... of the use of the national Police (PNC) to protect the economic interests of foreign extractive companies. We denounce the intimidation by the PNC taking place since 7 o’clock this morning. The Peaceful ...; Created on 23 May 2021
15. PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya as court ruling gives mining company access to the site: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... Kappes, Cassiday & Associates, but retained an economic interest in the mine (including quarterly royalty payments on the gold production from the mine). On May 23, 2014, after two years of peaceful ...; Created on 22 May 2021
16. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... interest and profit even in the face of people’s opposition.” The presence of foreign companies in resource extraction is part of a long history of colonization in the Philippines that continues today, ...; Created on 12 May 2021
17. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... violent confrontations. Stephen Harper, Canada’s prime minister from 2006 to 2015, faced frequent criticism for his unapologetic promotion of Canadian mining interests. His successor, Justin Trudeau, ...; Created on 07 May 2021
18. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... has not presented any solid evidence to justify such prolonged detention. The state also deployed the police and the army to protect the interests of Inversiones Los Pinares, eschewing the internationally ...; Created on 06 May 2021
19. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... El Salvador’s attorney general’s office classified the killing as a “common gang crime,” but the water defenders were convinced that mining interests and their local political allies had masterminded the ...; Created on 23 April 2021
20. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... interests in South America include the mining of coal in Colombia and new international actions about this; high levels of conflict at Glencore operations; repression, human rights violations and children ...; Created on 22 April 2021

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