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1. More ISDS cases launched against Latin American states amid the COVID-19 pandemic: (ISDS); AFTINET A new report by the Netherlands-based Transnational Institute reveals a rush of international arbitration cases against Latin American states by international investors during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...; Created on 01 September 2020
2. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); Deutsche Welle According to a study from the organization Voces Desde el Territorio and backed by 300 organizations, transnational mining companies are taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic to promote ...; Created on 09 August 2020
3. Arrests, harassment of environmental defenders amid COVID-19 Pandemic in the Philippines: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... and environment defenders in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. These violations are characterized as occurring in a time when the capacity of defenders to assert their democratic rights are severely ...; Created on 21 April 2020
4. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... of health, nutrition, and everything that has to do with generating well-being. With the pandemic, we realized that we have to work, more than ever, on the health issue and envision it in a comprehensive ...; Created on 25 December 2021
5. Mining is not ‘recovery’: (OceanaGold Philippines); Inquirer Efenita Taqueban and Gideon Lasco In the name of “recovery” from the pandemic, the Philippine government has opened up mining opportunities in the country, with the President recently lifting ...; Created on 02 June 2021
6. Scientists, fishers say new mining deals to cause more damage than good: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... fooled by the pretext that reopening our natural resources to large-scale mining would help revive the pandemic-battered economy as it would inflict serious damage than repair.” Environment defenders, ...; Created on 24 May 2021
7. Philippines' Duterte lifts ban on new mining deals: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... disasters. Duterte -- who had previously threatened to shut down the mining sector completely -- is facing growing criticism over his handling of the pandemic that has crippled the economy and thrown ...; Created on 05 May 2021
8. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... organizations around the world publicly denounced transnational mining companies for ignoring the threat of the Covid19 pandemic and continuing to operate normally. The communiqué, based on extensive research, ...; Created on 22 April 2021
9. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... in resuscitating an economy bogged down by the COVID-19 pandemic, by generating revenue and jobs and contributing to Duterte’s flagship infrastructure program. Duterte’s pivot in favor of mining goes back ...; Created on 15 April 2021
10. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... in fossil fuel firms, retrofit and weatherize millions of homes, and upgrade our water infrastructure. There is an opportunity to do just that as our nation emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic. After ...; Created on 28 March 2021
11. US Senators introduce bill to tackle corruption & rights violations in Honduras - cite Guapinol case: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Honduras ranking as the deadliest country in the world for human rights and environmental defenders on a per capita basis, and human rights violations continue unabated under the cover of COVID-19 pandemic ...; Created on 23 February 2021
12. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... May 22, 2020) 2. COVID-19-Related Claims Given the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic and the drastic measures that have ensued, there are fears that the actions taken by states to control the spread of ...; Created on 21 January 2021
13. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... external to the community. We are teaching them to reproduce their own seeds, instead of buying supplies from agro service stores, which today are particularly expensive due to the Covid 19 pandemic ”. ...; Created on 05 January 2021
14. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... collective and continuous defense of ancestral land and territory, and assertion of their ways of life and the right to self-determination. As the pandemic ravages and the global crisis deepen, the world’s ...; Created on 17 December 2020
15. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); ... hasn’t ushered in the policy. Ardern’s office declined VICE World News' request for comment, citing the ongoing pandemic as a priority. “What has happened is that the mining industry and, in particular, ...; Created on 17 December 2020
16. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic…And now the new president, Rubén Alemán, has showed up here with police and soldiers to try to illegally enter into the ACSE headquarters.” The controversy over the ...; Created on 01 December 2020
17. Anti-mining community, Gina Lopez awarded as heroes for the environment: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... FTAA of Oceanagold.” said Fr. Vic Tiam, ANVIK chairperson. On April 6, amid the ongoing lockdown brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, Didipio residents’ barricade was dispersed violently by Philippine National ...; Created on 07 October 2020
18. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands: (Regional News); ... water services. According to news reports, this situation has possibly worsened due to the pandemic. Rosa Amelia Mendoza, a 45-year-old mother of three who resides in Colonia Altavista, a municipality ...; Created on 11 September 2020
19. The Honduran government intensifies persecution against defenders of the Guapinol River: (Regional News); ... the COVID19 pandemic, to impose social control through the selective suspension of civil rights, criminalization of social protest and political harassment against human rights defenders. At the same time, ...; Created on 20 August 2020
20. HONDURAS: Human rights defenders threatened by armed groups during quarantine: (Regional News); ... social leaders, indigenous and farming communities who vulnerability has increased due to the record number of threats by armed groups in the midst of the COVID 19 health crisis. "The COVID-19 pandemic ...; Created on 31 July 2020

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