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Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America

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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 the industry and continue operating despite the restrictions. Voces Desde el Territorio re...

World Environment Day with nothing to celebrate

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Gloria Silvia Orellana - Diario Co Latino In El Salvador, the commemoration of “World Environment Day” of 2020 is marked by the ravages that the tropical storms Amanda and Cristobál have brought on homes, ecosystems, and the population, as well as by the food and health crisis due to the coron...

Demand to resume discussion of the Water Law in El Salvador

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Telesur On Wednesday, July 1st, the National Alliance against the Privatization of Water of El Salvador urged the local Parliament to resume discussion of the Water Law. The organizations that make up the National Alliance against the Privatization of Water of El Salvador, presented on July 1s...

HONDURAS: Human rights defenders threatened by armed groups during quarantine

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CONEXIHON Washington, D.C. (Conexihon) .- Hundreds of national and international civil society organizations called on the government of Honduras and Colombia to guarantee the human rights of defenders, social leaders, indigenous and farming communities who vulnerability has increased due to the...

Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19

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by Jen Moore - inequality.org Global South Communities affected by mining face multiple pandemics - health, economic, violence, militarization and corporate capture Over the years, the mining industry has taken advantage of dictatorship, disasters, and a variety of distractions to expand opera...

Timeline: Guatemala mine suspensions

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BNAmericas Injunctions by communities and an NGO have seen Guatemala’s three main mines halted in recent years – cementing the country’s reputation as one of the world’s least favorable mining jurisdictions. Three years after a license suspension at Pan American Silver’s Escobal silver-lead-zin...

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