... murdered at OceanaGold’s Didipio gold mine in the Philippines. But now, the people of El Salvador ask of you – please, put life and dignity before gold and profit,”
Vidalina visit has been facilitated ...
... the capital, San Salvador, could languish in overcrowded cells for months before formal charges are filed in court. The ongoing state of emergency has suspended a wide range of civil liberties and led ...
... before the country finally banned the industry.
One of those arrested, Antonio Pacheco, is the director of the Association of Economic and Social Development (ADES), one of many organizations in northern ...
... plans, said that he has concerns that the Environmental Impact Study does not present a closure plan, instead, it plans to start the process four years before the mine closes.
Mining operations’ ...
... Mita, Department of Jutiapa, Republic of Guatemala, to issue the following public statement before the national and international public opinion:
CONSIDERING
1. That the Lempa River Trinational ...
... still missing.
OFRANEH has denounced the situation that the Garífuna people of Honduras are experiencing before various international bodies. In 2015, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) ...
... members organized as the Peaceful Resistance La Puya have maintained their protest camp since March 2012. The police arrived several hours before the start of a routine action to lift a seizure order on ...
... policy will hasten not our recovery, but our environment’s destruction. Hence, it is one that the Filipino citizenry must forcefully reject, before it is too late.
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Efenita Taqueban is an anthropologist, ...
... brought before the House of Commons that, if passed, would have established binding corporate social responsibility guidelines on Canadian mining companies operating overseas. Claver emphasized how powerful ...
... is arbitrary as it constitutes a reprisal for the defenders' legitimate exercise of their rights to freedom of movement, equality before the law, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and association, ...
... mining projects.
Canadian firms dominate mining in Guatemala as well. Last month, a Canadian legal academic brought a case before Canada’s Federal Court, alleging that the minister of foreign affairs ...
... before authorities to face the charges against them: usurpation, arson, robbery, unlawful detention, illicit association and aggravated robbery. Eight of them remain imprisoned, although the prosecution ...
... that can force transnationals such as Glencore to have full accountability for their activities. Through the voices of the stakeholders involved, we share here the key points from before and after a popular ...
... more jobs, the government says, in the country with one of the highest unemployment rates in Southeast Asia. Some 190,000 people were employed in mining in the Philippines before the pandemic, according ...
... The official, we are told by Miguel, backed down when community water defenders insisted on authenticating the cyanide sample before the liquid was drunk.”
Miguel Rivera then told the authors, “The company ...
... I know the disciplines this company practices.’’
Officials with the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers saidthey’ll listen to the public before making ...
... in the early 2030s.
Haile had agreed to post a $10 million cash bond before the mine opened in 2017, but expanding the gold mine will increase environmental risks — and more cash better ensures taxpayers ...
... of one year, during which the PZ can terminate their Residency without cause. Terminated Residents have 180 days to vacate the zone before being evicted.
The cost, requirements, and subjective selection ...
... its Environmental Policy.
Former Democratic member of the South Carolina House of Representatives Mandy Powers Norrell, who raised concerns regarding the mine's environmental impact before it opened, ...
... mine.
Before mining began near the town of Kershaw more than four years ago, Haile officials assured South Carolina residents they would run a state-of-the-art operation that would adhere to environmental ...