The Conversation
Giada Ferrucci
Two men shot Arnold Joaquín Morazán Erazo to death in his home in Tocoa, Honduras, one night in October 2020. Morazán was an environmental activist and one of 32 people ...
... 30 years ago. Now, like thousands of other prisoners in El Salvador, they are in grave danger of dying or being killed while awaiting an opportunity to prove their innocence. Their families and legal team ...
... motives behind the arrests. Furthermore, the five organizers are being prosecuted by a specialized war-crimes team set up by Bukele, raising worries that the ruling may be dictated from above for political ...
... which has been widely used by the Bukele regime to lock up more than 60,000 alleged gang members since March.
Rights groups fear that the community leaders, who are being held at a police station in ...
... or not—and even the most compelling petitions for alternative measures to avoid a lengthy pretrial detention get denied."
"We are deeply concerned for the well-being of these men and the dangerous precedent ...
... as it risks being too steep and wet compared to mining industry standards.
An analysis of the Environmental Impact Study of the Cerro Blanco mine carried out by Dr. Steven Emerman, an expert in mining ...
... feeds hydroelectric plants, and supplies, after being treated, drinking water to a large part of El Salvador, where most of its extension is located.
The statement is signed by Guatemalan mayors from ...
... feeds hydroelectric plants, and supplies, after being treated, drinking water to a large part of El Salvador, where most of its extension is located.
The statement is signed by Guatemalan mayors from ...
... talking about the territories being given to people who have money.
How does the ZEDE project affect the Garífuna people?
In recent years we have been facing such strong pressure. The “Ciudades Modelo”, ...
... such as cyanide (a chemical that can kill a human being in quantities less than a grain of rice), mercury, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, lead, arsenic, cadmium, magnesium and other substances. According ...
... are devastating to the well-being of rural communities and Indigenous peoples, while allowing private corporations to sue governments over hard-fought social and environmental protections.
Case in ...
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Consider the case of two corporations whose mining agreements are being renewed.
OceanaGold’s 25 years of operation in Nueva Vizcaya has resulted in the degradation of rivers, loss of livelihood, and ...
... to carry out the study.
Finally, there has been much speculation about the timeline for completion of the process. However, the Xinka Parliament clarifies that, for the time being, the duration cannot ...
... for the 21st May, 2021, at 10.30 hrs, the proceedings being accompanied by the national police (PNC), the justice of the peace of San Pedro Ayumpuc, staff of the Public Prosecutor’s office, and of the ...
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Similar laws are in place or being developed in several countries. Canada, however, is falling behind. Instead of legally requiring companies to respect human rights and the environment, Canada encourages ...
... regarding the wellbeing of communities living near the Quiruvilca, La Colorada, Escobal and La Navidad projects. For Pan American Silver, community concerns are not “pertinent”.
Ironically, the bulk ...
... that being associated with the Government of Canada abroad brings.”
The Liberals also seem happy to rubber-stamp Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (FIPAs), which are designed to ...
... societies with legal permission to exploit mining resources, often with little oversight by the State. The point being that Glencore is legally allowed to sign contracts with mining cooperatives to work ...
... opposition and, instead of engaging broadly with the community, has committed serious human rights violations,” Morrison said.
“ANCoMP is concerned that OceanaGold’s misleading statements are being used ...
... activist upon hearing, in an initially tense meeting with the water defenders, that cyanide was being used to extract gold dust from the mountains.
“Unbeknown to the water defenders,” Broad and Cavanagh ...