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21. Peru miners fall amid uncertainty over tight presidential election: (Mining and Human Rights); ... who promises to redistribute wealth, took a slight advantage over Keiko Fujimori (Fuerza Popular). Peru is a country with 32 million inhabitants. The Peruvian currency fell back to a record low, weakening ...; Created on 08 June 2021
22. Mining is not ‘recovery’: (OceanaGold Philippines); Inquirer Efenita Taqueban and Gideon Lasco In the name of “recovery” from the pandemic, the Philippine government has opened up mining opportunities in the country, with the President recently lifting ...; Created on 02 June 2021
23. Green group supports ban on open-pit mining, protection of 'no mining zones: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... a country rich in precious minerals. In a position paper read at a hearing of a panel of the House of Representatives Wednesday, Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment called for the urgent passage ...; Created on 27 May 2021
24. Scientists, fishers say new mining deals to cause more damage than good: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... to the country’s total was 0.95% or an annual average contribution of $39.7 billion from 2002 to 2020. The average annual share of the mining and quarrying sector in the gross domestic product has been ...; Created on 24 May 2021
25. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Boxxer Gold Corp.) have known operations in the country, according to Claver. These companies are part of a global mining sector predominantly based in Canada and infamous for unchecked environmental and ...; Created on 12 May 2021
26. Pan American Silver Pressured to Shut Down Community Interference in Guatemala: (Mining and Human Rights); ... nearly 4,000 people are calling on the Vancouver-based company to halt all community activities in the Central American country. In mid-April, activists delivered a petition to Pan American Silver urging ...; Created on 12 May 2021
27. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... almost any country in the Global South, from Papua New Guinea to Ghana, Ecuador to the Philippines, and you will find a Canadian-run mine that has caused environmental devastation or been the scene of ...; Created on 07 May 2021
28. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... and aid programs implemented after a 2009 coup. Afterwards, President Juan Orlando Hernandez declared Honduras “open for business.” The country sold its natural resources, fuelling the expansion of extractive ...; Created on 06 May 2021
29. Philippines' Duterte lifts ban on new mining deals: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... the country's coronavirus-devastated economy. The mining industry has stagnated since 2012 when Duterte's predecessor, Benigno Aquino, imposed a moratorium on new projects following public backlash over ...; Created on 05 May 2021
30. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... of both corporate conduct and the environmental and social liabilities left by these companies before their departure from the country needs to be made to avoid consolidating scenarios of corporate impunity,” ...; Created on 22 April 2021
31. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... him ban open-pit mining in 2017 and close or suspend 26 mining operations for environmental violations. The government says the industry, which contributed 0.76% to the country’s GDP in 2020, is important ...; Created on 15 April 2021
32. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); SIERRA CLUB John Gibler In 2017, El Salvador became the first country in the world to ban metal mining. Robin Broad and John Cavanagh present the story of the social struggles and legal battles behind ...; Created on 11 April 2021
33. What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); The Nation Robin Broad and John Cavanagh In March 2017, people from poorer communities across El Salvador stood up to corporate power and convinced their legislature to make their country the first ...; Created on 05 April 2021
34. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... river system that provides water for over half the country’s population. Over the past two decades, this river system was threatened by a giant mining company that wanted to mine gold near the rivers. ...; Created on 28 March 2021
35. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Saved A Country from Corporate Greed." TRANSCRIPT: Marco Werman: This is a story about gold and water and activism. El Salvador is dangerously close to running out of clean water. Its rivers have ...; Created on 22 March 2021
36. Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... and through the role that Canadian mining companies play in the country. “The Philippines is now one of the two most dangerous countries for defenders of human and environmental rights according to Global ...; Created on 25 February 2021
37. US Senators introduce bill to tackle corruption & rights violations in Honduras - cite Guapinol case: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of Honduras from building a safe, prosperous country. It is time for the United States to make clear that our aid is contingent on having partners with the integrity and commitment to achieve these goals. ...; Created on 23 February 2021
38. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... economist Paul Romer, currently disassociated from the project, and Honduran politicians from the National Party proposed the zones shortly after the 2009 military coup, which made the country a ripe location ...; Created on 15 February 2021
39. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Broad Front wrote about Aduviri in the context of the criminalization of anti-extractivism across the country. The focus of these critiques has been on the Peruvian state, but Canada is complicit too, ...; Created on 21 January 2021
40. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... rate is 7.3%, one of the highest figures compared to the rest of the country. Most houses in rural Cabañas are built with adobe (mud bricks) or zinc sheets. At 82%, it has one of the lowest literacy ...; Created on 05 January 2021

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