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1. EARTH DAY 2014: El Salvador faces critical environmental challenges: (Media Releases); FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The United Nations(UN), has called on millions of people who on April 22 will celebrate Earth Day 2014 to focus on celebrating Green Cities to achieve a healthy and sustainable ...; Created on 23 April 2014
2. Pac Rim CAFTA Challenge of Salvadoran Environmental, Mining Safety Policies Given Go-Ahead by Tribuna: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Pac Rim CAFTA Challenge of Salvadoran Environmental, Mining Safety Policies Given Go-Ahead by Tribunal August 3, 2010 Initial Win for Corporation in Trade Agreement Attack on Environmental Policy Poses ...; Created on 05 March 2012
3. Anglo American files lawsuit against Colombia: (ISDS); ... November 2017. Colombia's constitutional court suspended operations due to concerns about the impact of diverting a river on the local water supply. Anglo American's latest legal challenge was filed ...; Created on 08 June 2021
4. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... In an interview with TerraJusta, activist Raffaele Morgantini – representative of the Swiss organization CETIM and the Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power at the UN – said the main challenge today ...; Created on 22 April 2021
5. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... before the mine opened would not increase. The Sierra Club was the only environmental group to challenge a permit for the mine in 2014, ultimately succeeding in forcing the company to put up $10 million ...; Created on 30 March 2021
6. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... state the ability to expropriate land for the development or the expansion of each zone, which must be compensated, but cannot be challenged by landholders.Land dispossession is an essential concern of ...; Created on 15 February 2021
7. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... plant. The pandemic is difficult (...) for that reason, agriculture should be something fundamental for the human being. Without agriculture, there is no food." The challenges of the Salvadoran State ...; Created on 05 January 2021
8. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... its openness. In a somewhat similar case – Michael Lee-Chin v. the Dominican Republic – the respondent challenged the jurisdiction of the tribunal not based on what the treaty said, but on what it omitted. ...; Created on 19 December 2020
9. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... access to food and livelihood became everyday challenges. And while the mobility of indigenous villages are limited, there are no breaks for extractives, logging, government and private projects, and militarization in ...; Created on 17 December 2020
10. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... million through the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Drafted with input from the U.S. Treasury, the proposal was denounced by labor unions and social and environmental movements as a means to privatize ...; Created on 01 December 2020
11. Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case: (Regional News); ... legal team will request bond for the illegally incarcerated defenders. The legal team will also present challenges to the recent Court of Appeals rulings. Press Contact: - Edy Tábora, Attorney, Justice ...; Created on 18 August 2020
12. International report finds that the Honduran government violates the rights of Tocoa's environmental defender: (Regional News); ... Honduras when they challenge the legality of corporate mega projects and the power of extractive industries. Specifically, the report finds that in the case of the licences granted to Inversiones los ...; Created on 20 April 2020
13. Tocoa is declared free of mining, but controversial mining project remains active: (Regional News); ... In the recent past, they have also presented several unconstitutional challenges on the concession. Community leader and member of the Municipal Committee in Defense of Commons, Adilia Castro, described ...; Created on 26 December 2019
14. The PPDDH presents a report that addresses the socio-environmental impacts of the San Sebastián Mine: (Commerce Group); ... promote concrete actions to allow progress in the remediation, design and implementation of policies to deal with the main human rights challenges arising in the area. These challenges are mainly connected ...; Created on 26 December 2019
15. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Appeals rejected OceanaGold’s bid to continue operating the Didipio mine as it waits for Duterte’s signature on its renewal application. The company has said it is willing to challenge the decision all ...; Created on 04 October 2019
16. Oceanagold’s wealth is misery for Kasibu farmers: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the ones who polluted our river but they were the ones dumping lake-wide chemical wastes,” Palpag said. “I even challenged them to see who’s producing the toxic wastes that killed our rivers by drinking ...; Created on 16 September 2019
17. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it: (FTAs & ISDS); ... protections that permits foreign firms to challenge government policies, laws and court decisions through private arbitration.Under the USMCA, this investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system will ...; Created on 05 May 2019
18. The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya fights for the right to water: (Regional News); ... criminalization, a win at the Guatemalan Supreme Court, and now a challenge at the Washington, D.C.–based World Bank Group's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. A timeline may ...; Created on 03 May 2019
19. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... with Latin American Lives and Sovereignty through Supranational Arbitration,” exposes how transnational mining companies file multi-million dollar suits against Latin American countries to challenge key ...; Created on 03 May 2019
20. THE STRUGGLE FOR GOOD WATER GOVERNANCE CONTINUES IN EL SALVADOR: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... and requires effective and integral solutions. This challenge, in turn, requires the active and informed citizen participation. Along with a State-controlled governing body for water management, it is ...; Created on 27 August 2018

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