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More than one hundred organizations reject the unjust payment of USD $31 million to Canadian mining company Bear Creek

| Regional News
Groups call for the annulment of sentence against Aymara spokesperson in the Peruvian Supreme Court Puno, Cochabamba, Washington, Ottawa, September 13th, 2018 PRESS RELEASE More than one hundred organizations call for the annulment of sentence against Aymara spokesperson in the Peruvian Suprem...

Guatemalan court upholds Tahoe mine suspension

| Regional News
By Sandra Cuffe: CIM Magazine Tahoe Resources’ fiercely contested Escobal silver mine in Guatemala will remain idled for the time being. Members of the regional mining resistance movement inspect a truck at a roadside action in Casillas to make sure it does not carry material or supp...

Criminalisation brought to new extremes in case of Aymara indigenous communities in Peru

| Regional News
Thomas McDonagh and Aldo Orellana Lopez  : OPEN DEMOCRACY  In the coming weeks, the Supreme Court in Peru will decide the fate of Walter Aduviri, an indigenous spokesperson and aspiring politician for the local elections, convicted for his role in the 2011 Puno protests.  ...

THE STRUGGLE FOR GOOD WATER GOVERNANCE CONTINUES IN EL SALVADOR

| Water Crisis El Salvador
Andres McKinley The profound crisis of water resources in El Salvador, in terms of quality, quantity and access, is widely recognized and scientifically documented by national as well as international experts. The main cause of the current crisis is poor water management (pollution and over-expl...

Rural Communities’ Struggle Against US-Owned Mine Continues in Guatemalan Supreme Court

| Regional News
Jeff Abbott : UPSIDEDOWN WORLD The long-running struggle of rural communities in Guatemala against the United States-based mining firm Kappes, Cassiday, and Associates (KCA) continues in Guatemala’s national courts. A recent investigation by the Guatemalan public ministry could come with crimina...

REPORT: Golden opportunities for profits, corporate plunder for OceanaGold Corporation

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
Report by IBON International "Towards curbing OceanaGold’s dirty operations in El Salvador and the Philippines, efforts of people’s organisations, communities, environmental advocates as well as international civil society continue to be essential. Community-level organisations and groups play a...

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