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1. 'Let Us Care for Everyone's Home': The Catholic Church's Role in Keeping Gold Mining Out of El Salva: (Background and reports ); A recently published essay by Phd candidate Rachel Nadelman looks at the role of the Catholic Church in the anti-mining struggle in El Salvador.; Created on 08 April 2016
2. 'Let Us Care for Everyone's Home': The Catholic Church's Role in Keeping Gold Mining Out of El Salva: (Background and reports ); A recently published essay by Phd candidate Rachel Nadelman looks at the role of the Catholic Church in the anti-mining struggle in El Salvador. Abstract: "A majority of Salvadoran citizens and ...; Created on 03 March 2016
3. Communities in rural El Salvador request a referendum to keep mining projects out of their territories.: (Territories Free of Mining); By Alfredo Carias, National Roundtable Against Mining in El Salvador translated from: http://tinyurl.com/mpx7p4n It was 2 pm in the afternoon as we heard a woman's voice, through a loud speaker located ...; Created on 08 September 2014
4. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... attended. That gives us a lot of hope that women unite their word and their action. We have been able to keep Berta's memory alive in each corner of the country. Her word keeps walking. I spent 25 years ...; Created on 25 December 2021
5. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption: (OceanaGold); ... dealing with loud noises from the mine that keep people up at night, Estridge said. “We’re on land that has been owned by our family for over 100 years in this area, and we were here first,’’ she said, ...; Created on 02 April 2021
6. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... still will be protected under the Investment Chapter of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) until July 1, 2023. (See previous Holland & Knight alert, "Mexico Keeps Investment Disputes Mechanism ...; Created on 21 January 2021
7. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... to comply with the law. “Honestly, everything has remained on paper, only in writing,” he said. Despite this, Romero mentions that the municipality has opted to support fish farming and beekeeping ventures ...; Created on 05 January 2021
8. Honduran justice denies defenders of the Guapinol river to wait for their trial in freedom: (Regional News); ... Public Ministry with the Los Pinares company" to keep private freedom to environmental defenders. The environmental conflict, which has kept environmental defenders in prison since September 1, 2019, ...; Created on 28 December 2020
9. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... the traditional system – lack of party-appointed arbitrators and existence of an appellate mechanism – play out. Likewise, we expect to keep reading about cases related to the Odebrecht scandal, expanding ...; Created on 19 December 2020
10. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... operations. This, however, cannot be true given that the community continues to keep watch over the mine gates to prevent such a restart, limiting access during the shutdown to personnel responsible for ...; Created on 28 November 2020
11. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the courts have remained firm on keeping the water protectors in jail. A legal expert at the Jesuit Team for Reflection, Research and Communications warns that there has been a “selective” application ...; Created on 25 September 2020
12. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands: (Regional News); ... Bukele suggested reopening the 14-year-old debate about making access to water a human right and keeping its management in the hands of the public sector, thereby limiting its privatization. On September ...; Created on 11 September 2020
13. 5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras: (Regional News); Massay Crisanto - The Nation It’s been nearly 50 days since five Garífuna leaders were abducted in their homes in Triunfo de la Cruz, on Honduras’s Caribbean coast. On July 18 at 5:30 AM, men wearing ...; Created on 03 September 2020
14. 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); ... bond hearing, citing their possible involvement in a criminal network as a reason for keeping them in detention, even though the charges of illicit association they faced were clearly unfounded and were ...; Created on 24 August 2020
15. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... Canoero, of the Mexican Network of Affected for Mining (REMA), in conversation with Deutsche Welle. Pedro Canoero is a pseudonym. The activist has asked to keep his identity anonymous for fear of coercion ...; Created on 09 August 2020
16. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... homes almost always involve people putting their bodies on the line. People need to mobilize to stand guard over a mine site fence, to keep watch over a forest at risk of being cut down, or to demonstrate ...; Created on 23 July 2020
17. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); By Manuel Perez Rocha - Foreign Policy in Focus Wealthy corporations may use trade courts to keep public health measures from cutting into their profits. The country was in freefall. Formerly middle ...; Created on 23 July 2020
18. Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the deterioration of environmental regulations under the Government of president Nayib Bukele. “We want to take this moment to reflect about how to keep a spirit of struggle in defense ...; Created on 15 July 2020
19. World Environment Day with nothing to celebrate: (Regional News); ... evident in the low budget granted to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources while keeping a low profile towards the destruction of ecosystems of incalculable natural value. “In the northern ...; Created on 06 June 2020
20. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... in shifts to keep 24-hour watch over the access gate to the “El Tambor” gold mining project. Catholic masses, community meetings and cultural activities have punctuated this nearly decade-long vigil along ...; Created on 03 May 2020

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