John C. Cannon - Mongabay
The Environmental Justice Atlas released new maps March 2 alleging that Pan American Silver operates mines that don’t have the consent of local communities and that pollute ...
ACAFREMIN
Cerro Blanco a mining project operated by Canadian company bluestone resources is located in the municipality of Asunción Mita, Guatemala. The Cerro Blanco mine could endanger the lives of more ...
By Wilber Ruano: RNES
An investigation by MiningWatch Canada reports that the activities of the El Dorado Foundation, originally established by Pacific Rim in El Salvador in 2005, and now run by OCEANAGOLD, ...
The National Roundtable against Metallic Mining reveals the results of the mining sector SEA and demands its immediate discussion in the Legislative Assembly
March 21, 2012
In honor of World Water ...
... are legitimate. We believe that the position of the Ministry of Energy and Mines of Guatemala, in its attempt to invalidate the overwhelming results in Asunción Mita and reveals the interests of the Guatemalan ...
... victory was as resounding as it was improbable.
Their victory against such formidable odds also reveals the book’s central paradox. The story’s power derives from the water defenders battling a system ...
... violations. This report reveals the presence of high levels of lead in the blood of children, along with anemia, learning problems, headaches, nosebleeds and even leukemia. The affected families hold the ...
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. ...
... the environment, the regional political situation of Central America reveals a continuous weakening of the institutions that guarantee the rights of the population and a systematic pattern of violence ...
... fees, would not even begin to pay for the damage that it would cause".
In addition, the study reveals that the economic benefits of the mining project would not contribute to enhance the quality of life ...
... their homes, livelihoods, and human rights. This report reveals why ISDS use should be eliminated,” said Carla García Zendejas for the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL).
The report found ...
... also reveals that the company knew, well before President Saca made his first public promise in 2008 not to issue any mining permits, that the government was considering a moratorium on mining in response ...
... making donations to schools, clinics and other activities, but the operations of this entity also have the potential to exacerbate conflicts among the same population.
"We believe this research reveals ...
... over the devastating impacts of mining. As the study reveals:
- An independent poll showed 62.4% of the public opposed to mining.
- The highest echelons of the Catholic Church publicly ...
... us; it reveals the forms of suppression used against the environmentalists working in opposition to mining projects in the municipality. This has been happening all along, but here it is uncovered.”
Guevara’s ...
... and little-known—history reveals.
When the Spanish Empire was attempting to restore its power via the 18th-century Bourbon Reforms, for example, it adopted a policy of comercio libre y protegido—“free ...