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Urgent! Strengthening a powerful global voice in defence of life

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
By: Antonia Recinos - Radio Victoria / Translation: Sigrun Pallesen and Marina Bonetti   On the 15th of August 2015, I was invited to participate in a mission of solidarity to the region of  Didipío, Nueva Vizcaya, the Philippines. The mission’s goal was to understand the battles ...

IUDOP: 77% of the Salvadorean population asks for metal mining to be prohibited

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
Joakin Salazar - Colatino "Total disagreement with metal mining" is the result of the poll conducted by the University Institute of Public Opinion (IUDOP) of the Central American University, Jose Simeon Cañas (UCA), which states that 77% of population believe that the Salvadoran State should per...

Peoples Sovereignty vs Impunity Inc.

| Mining and Human Rights
In eight articles various cases are presened that aim to serve as tools of action for activists to use in their fight for justice against the systematic violation of human rights and other crimes committed by transnational corporations. Violations of human rights and the rights of peoples and na...

ADES demands further investigation into the murder of Marcelo Rivera

| Mining and Human Rights
Six years after the assassination of Marcelo Rivera, family members and environmental leaders of Cabañas continue to demand justice.    “We are outraged that after six years, families of people who worked for the welfare of Salvadoran society are not able to find truth" said Miguel Riv...

The obscure legal system that lets corporations sue countries

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
Claire Provost and Matt Kennard - The Guardian Fifty years ago, an international legal system was created to protect the rights of foreign investors. Today, as companies win billions in damages, insiders say it has got dangerously out of control Luis Parada’s office is just four block...

OceanaGold vs El Salvador: Foreshadowing 'Trade' Under the TPP?

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
By teleSUR / Heather Gies  The Central American country of El Salvador could be forced to pay US$301 million to Canadian-Australian mining multinational OceanaGold as the two face off in a World Bank investor-state tribunal with proven tendency to favor corporate interests over arguments f...

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