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41. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... brief shutdown. As a result, not only have mine sites become a vector for the spread of the coronavirus into rural areas and vulnerable territories, but land and water protectors on lockdown — who’ve been ...; Created on 23 July 2020
42. 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
43. Anglo American responses to AGM queries raise more questions than they answer: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of water for mining activity involves turning water into a non-renewable resource which is then overexploited and contaminated, preventing its regeneration. Anglo American affirms that the Quellaveco ...; Created on 22 July 2020
44. The state of Siege in Izabal and Alta Verapaz: shelters, poppies, and the fear of repression: (Regional News); ... crime groups have caused the loss of jobs, the execution of multiple crimes against people and their property. Moreover, these actions intend to turn the region into an area controlled by criminals”. With ...; Created on 22 July 2020
45. In El Estor: a chain of breaches and contempt by CGN-PRONICO puts the lives of human rights defenders at risk: (Regional News); ... against the fishermen and journalists who have covered the case intensified and turned into criminal complaint actions, based on falsehoods and deceits against the defenders of life and water. Dozens of ...; Created on 12 June 2020
46. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); ... stacked in their favor. Two Mining Companies Sued Mexico in 2019 Since NAFTA came into effect in 1994, Mexico has already had to pay $242.94 million to companies under ISDS cases. The government is ...; Created on 03 May 2020
47. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... in the case of Rio Blanco, despite local opposition and all the irregularities, that an Ecuadorian official responded to the Chinese firm´s threat of arbitration expressing willingness to enter into a ...; Created on 03 May 2020
48. Arrests, harassment of environmental defenders amid COVID-19 Pandemic in the Philippines: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Mr. Pulido, and the immediate release of Ms. Tomalon and all other political prisoners from jail; The immediate investigation into the AFP’s continuing red-tagging campaign against environmental defenders ...; Created on 21 April 2020
49. Ostúa River contaminated with lead and arsenic from Cerro Blanco mine: (Cerro Blanco); ... the contamination from the mine into Lake Güija, confirmed Cidia Cortés, a biologist and researcher with the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining in El Salvador. The findings of the study ‘The ...; Created on 21 April 2020
50. International report finds that the Honduran government violates the rights of Tocoa's environmental defender: (Regional News); ... thorough, swift and impartial investigation into human rights abuses by the military police, paramilitary forces, and members of the Pemanent Monitoring Committee of Ceibita (COVIPERCE), against human ...; Created on 20 April 2020

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