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1. Mega projects unite social movements from Honduras and El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... peasant and indigenous movements from Honduras and El Salvador was to assess the reality and experiences that both nations face in relation to "megaprojects" that generate forced migration of populations, ...; Created on 17 September 2016
2. Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees: (Mining and Human Rights); ... co-founder of the Council of Indigenous People of Honduras (COPINH). Over more than two decades, she was fighting against land grabbing, illegal logging and mega-projects. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental ...; Created on 29 September 2020
3. 5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras: (Regional News); ... are not inhabited. Our land is sold for economic purposes: for the construction of megaprojects, to lure investors through cities known as ZEDES, and to clear land for African palm plantations, which damage ...; Created on 03 September 2020
4. The state of Siege in Izabal and Alta Verapaz: shelters, poppies, and the fear of repression: (Regional News); ... some of the journalists of Nómada traveled to El Estor, Izabal, to verify on the ground that the main effect of the state of Siege was to neutralize the community organization that opposes megaprojects ...; Created on 22 July 2020
5. 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
6. Honouring the struggle of Mariano Abarca and Environment Defenders in Chiapas: (Regional News); ... part of the Catholic Dioceses of San Cristóbal de las Casas. MODEVITE has been fighting to stave off construction of a mega-highway to stimulate tourism from San Cristóbal to Palenque, given that it ...; Created on 26 December 2019
7. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala: (Cerro Blanco); ... and financial machinery to restart operations at the Cerro Blanco mine, there is still a veil of secrecy and silence in the surrounding communities located near the megaproject. Worker guards the entrance ...; Created on 03 May 2019
8. Looming threats to the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... World Bank, which also included the construction of 12 hydroelectric dams, and a highway across the mountainous region of the country to connect the economic activity resulting from these mega projects. ...; Created on 08 February 2018
9. The fight for the environment in El Salvador gets recognition in Los Angeles: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... faced two mega projects that threatened their communities: an incineration plant for hospital waste and a landfill where 22 municipalities were going to deposit their garbage very close to a river. "The ...; Created on 14 November 2017
10. Across the Pacific: building a global struggle against the free-trade agenda of OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... free-trade agenda of OceanaGold is thus seen as a critical case against the various mega free-trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, ...; Created on 26 September 2016
11. KAIROS Participatory Research with partners on Free, Prior and Informed Consent: CEIBA’s experience in Guatemala: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... megaprojects, the positive and negative impacts of mining concessions, the connection that Canada has to the mining industry in Guatemala, and recommendations. http://www.kairoscanada.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/KAIROS_CEIBA_CaseStudy_PROOF_DEC15.pdf ...; Created on 23 April 2016
12. In the Keystone Suit, It’s Big Oil vs. Democracy: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... threat looms on the horizon. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a mega-free trade agreement between the U.S. and 11 countries in Asia and the Americas, could come before Congress this year. This agreement ...; Created on 02 February 2016
13. Resistance against metallic mining in El Salvador commemorates International Day Against Open Pit Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... in protest the mega mining projects" stated Vidalina Morales commemorating the international fight against transnational mining which causes misery and environmental pollution. The theme of year's International ...; Created on 05 August 2014
14. Environmentalists step up pressure on El Salvador's 2014 presidential candidate: (Background and reports ); ... risk management policies, and a commitment to end the threat of mega mining and hydroelectric projects." With the elections just a few days away, environmental leaders are already re-aligning their strategic ...; Created on 20 January 2014
15. Presidential candidates fail environmental agenda: (Media Releases); ... of a sustainable water supply, food security and support for the agricultural sector, comprehensive environmental risk management policies, a commitment to end the threat of mega mining and hydroelectric ...; Created on 09 January 2014
16. Environmental Alliance of El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... We are made up by the Water Forum , the Food Sovereignty Roundtable, the Permanent Coalition for Environmental Risk Management, the National Movement Against Mega Projects ,and the National Roundtable ...; Created on 12 December 2013
17. National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining on the temporary suspension the Cerro Blanco mining project: (Media Releases); ... suspension of three mega projects, among them the emblematic Cerro Blanco project located in Guatemala, only 18 kilometres from the city of Metapan, in the western department of Santa Ana. Unlike the ...; Created on 04 August 2013
18. July 22, 2013 Global Day of Action Against Open Pit Mining: The National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining reiterates demand for legislation prohibiting metal mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... facilitate the activation of mega mining projects and hydroelectric dams. Today, July 22, Global Day of Action Against Open Pit Mining we express our solidarity with communities in resistance and anti-mining ...; Created on 22 July 2013
19. Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees: (Mining and Human Rights); ... co-founder of the Council of Indigenous People of Honduras (COPINH). Over more than two decades, she was fighting against land grabbing, illegal logging and mega-projects. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental ...; Created on 29 September 2020
20. 5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras: (Regional News); ... is sold for economic purposes: for the construction of megaprojects, to lure investors through cities known as ZEDES, and to clear land for African palm plantations, which damage the environment and threaten ...; Created on 03 September 2020

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