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Honduran justice denies defenders of the Guapinol river to wait for their trial in freedom

| Regional News
 CRITERIO Tegucigalpa. - Eight environmental defenders of the Atlantic zone of Honduras have been in prison for 15 months due to their opposition to a mining project which is plagued with irregularities. This Saturday, the judge Zoe Guifarro, of the Sectional Court of First Instance in Toco...

Puno: An indefinite strike announced due to mining contamination in the Coata River

| Regional News
Wayka Arsenic and mercury were found in the bodies of people in the districts near the Coata river basin, in the Puno region, which is being contaminated by mining tailings. Local leaders claim that the State has failed to protect their health. The Unified Defense Front (Frente de Defensa Unifi...

Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands

| OceanaGold Philippines
IPS Beverly L. Longid Indigenous Peoples, advocates and members of IPMSDL call for continuing struggle for self-determination to combat  imperialist plunder and state-terror. Credit: Carlo Manalansan, International Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation (IPMSDL) ...

A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried

| OceanaGold
VICE Anya Zoledziowski In the latest allegations against Canadian mining, conservationists say new projects could destroy protected lands and further harm endangered species. A Canadian-Australian mining giant is preemptively ramping up its operations in and around protected land on New Zealan...

U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources

| Water Crisis El Salvador
CISPES On September 24, the government of Nayib Bukele named a new official to head the National Aqueduct and Sewer Administration (ANDA), the autonomous institution charged with the management, treatment, and distribution of water resources nationwide. During the swearing in ceremony, Pres...

EL SALVADOR - Water recognized as a public good and human right, the satisfaction of the Church

| Water Crisis El Salvador
Agenzia Fides San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador unanimously approved, with 78 votes in favor and no votes against, the reform of the Constitution of the Republic to recognize water as a public good and human right. According to El Salvador's legislation, afte...

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