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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. Save Nueva Vizcaya Movement Launched: (OceanaGold Philippines); by Kalikasan KPNE Environmental activists, church leaders, lawyers, economists, scientists, politicians, and indigenous leaders gathered today at the Church of the Risen Lord in the University of the ...; Created on 16 September 2019
3. Global protest launched against OceanaGold mine in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ON WORLD INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S DAY, THE GLOBAL NETWORK YES TO LIFE NO TO MINING JOINS THE GLOBAL PROTEST AGAINST OCEANA GOLD WITH ITS MEMBER ORGANISATION KALIKASAN FROM THE PHILIPPINES Indigenous peoples ...; Created on 02 September 2019
4. El Salvador loses on three out of four counts, as anti-environment and anti-development case launched under CAFTA drags on: (FTAs & ISDS); El Salvador loses on three out of four counts, as anti-environment and anti-development case launched under CAFTA drags on Todd Tucker, June 4, 2012 El Salvador lost three out of four of its major ...; Created on 05 July 2012
5. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... A UN working group recently ruled that the the detention of the eight defenders is arbitrary. The defenders have since launched legal action, and Blanca Izaguirre, the country’s human rights ombudsperson ...; Created on 06 May 2021
6. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of Rivera’s death, and its similarity to tactics used by right-wing death squads in El Salvador’s civil war of the 1980s, the water defenders were undeterred. They launched an ambitious campaign seeking ...; Created on 23 April 2021
7. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... for environmental activists in El Salvador. One was getting the national legislature to pass that mining ban. The other was the lawsuit the mining company, Pacific Rim, launched against El Salvador's government, ...; Created on 22 March 2021
8. Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP-Canada) launched a Parliamentary Petition in 2020 to address these human rights concerns. The petition garnered over 1000 signatures from concerned ...; Created on 25 February 2021
9. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Since May 2020, two ZEDEs have been officially launched: the “Honduras Próspera” ZEDE (PZ) on Roatán where Crawfish Rock is located, and the “Ciudad Morazán” ZEDE in the industrial town of Choloma. The ...; Created on 15 February 2021
10. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... Commerce (LCC Arbitration Center) launched a digital platform named “Faro de Transparencia” (“Transparency Lighthouse”), aimed at providing public access to key pieces of information with regard to arbitrations ...; Created on 19 December 2020
11. In El Estor: a chain of breaches and contempt by CGN-PRONICO puts the lives of human rights defenders at risk: (Regional News); ... Along with this, CGN-PRONICO launched a campaign by corporate media to delegitimize the sentence emitted by Constitutional Court and organized a sit-in in front of the building that houses the Constitutional ...; Created on 12 June 2020
12. Honduran Land Defenders Receive the prestigious Letelier-Moffit award in Washington: (Regional News); ... a requirement to hold town hall meetings (Cabildo Abierto) on matters that affect the lives of local communities. As a result, local organizations organized under the Committee have launched a campaign ...; Created on 24 October 2019
13. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... the disaster, including a civil suit launched by the provincial government of Marinduque in 2006 in Nevada. (Barrick Gold became a party to the suit after it acquired the company.) Placer Dome had more ...; Created on 04 October 2019
14. Marcelo's Legacy: The environmentalist who fought against metal mining in El Salvado: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... murder of human rights defender Marcelo Rivera, who launched the first cry against the OceanaGold/Pacific Rim mining company. Marcelo´s life was threatened for a long time, but he continued to organize ...; Created on 18 September 2019
15. The long overdue breakup: Nueva Vizcaya and Oceanagold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... It was also a preparation for an environmental investigation mission (EIM) to be launched by CEC and Agham-Advocates of Science and Technology for the People at the end of the month. Rights violations ...; Created on 16 September 2019
16. Rural Communities’ Struggle Against US-Owned Mine Continues in Guatemalan Supreme Court: (Regional News); ... San José del Golfo. A week later, on June 6, the Public Ministry launched a series of raids against the company offices as part of their investigation. The investigators located 76 bags of concentrate ...; Created on 27 August 2018
17. Mining company continues lobbying efforts to repeal Anti-Mining Law: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the political map of El Salvador, just two years before he launched his pre-candidacy for the presidency of the country. Calleja is the leading candidate for the right-wing party ARENA. Nonetheless, Giustra' ...; Created on 14 November 2017
18. To prevent water privatization: the next battle for Salvadorean environmentalists: (Water no Gold); ... to a local news outlet. The public outcry and the relentless campaign launched by the Alliance against the Privatization of Water in El Salvador has so far managed to stop the discussion to expedite the ...; Created on 27 July 2017
19. PRESS RELEASE: To the national and international public opinion: (Media Releases); ... representatives of the organized social movement, we reject the proposed Integral Water Law, but, convinced of the urgent need for El Salvador to have a General Water Law, we have launched the campaign ...; Created on 21 July 2017
20. In Mining-Affected Communities, Water Is Becoming More Precious Than Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... made history, becoming the first country to ban metal mining outright, after a World Bank tribunal rejected last October a US$250 million lawsuit launched against the government by Canadian-Australian ...; Created on 26 June 2017

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