... is accused of utilizing kidnapping, intimidation and even murder against community members opposed to the mining project. This was highlighted internationally in 2009 with the murder of Marcelo Rivera, Ramiro ...
... mining operations are located. Since 2009 four environmental activists who oppose mining have been murdered and death threats, intimidation and attacks continue to be a common occurrence among high profile ...
... veteran who heads Vancouver-based Pacific Rim Mining Corp., is nothing if not an optimist. He’s had no end of troubles: His staff in El Salvador have faced intimidation at gunpoint by local opponents ...
... kidnappings and intimidation of activists continues is proof that the intellectual authors of the crimes are still free. Also, there the Attorney General has never performed significant investigations ...
... without violence or intimidation.
On Friday January 20th, around noon, Father Neftalí Ruiz, Priest of Salvadoran Apostolic Catholic Church (ICAS), Secretary of the board of the Environmental Committee ...
... Trade Agreement (CAFTA), demanding hundreds of millions in compensation from one of the hemisphere’s poorest countries. Meanwhile, in El Salvador, the mining debate continues. Intimidation and threats ...
... entire country. To date there have been four anti-mining activist murdered and numerous cases of death threats and intimidation. In some of the cases there have been arrests of those hired to carry ...
A new series of threats towards environmentalists have disrupted the uneasy calm that had settled over Cabañas after almost eight months without violence or intimidation.
On Friday January 20th, ...
... concluded: “This case falls in line with a pattern of violence, harassment, and intimidation directed towards human rights defenders in Honduras … illustrating the government’s tendency to favor economic ...
... a call for the protection of Guapinol River defenders after unmarked vehicles were observed patrolling the community in an apparent act of intimidation.
“Of course we’re scared. There is no doubt that ...