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1. Regional News: (Category); Created on 08 May 2018
2. Criminalization increases against environmental defenders and social movements of the Central American region: (Regional News); ACAFREMIN Social and environmental movements in the defense of human rights, groups of environmental women, indigenous peoples among other expressions organized mainly from the Central American region ...; Created on 26 December 2019
3. COMMUNIQUE: The State of the Right to Free Prior and Informed Consent in the CA4 Region: (Media Releases); Guatemala City, April 26-27, 2018. We, the representatives of social movements, environmental organizations, human rights defenders, women's groups, indigenous peoples participating in the II Regional ...; Created on 08 May 2018
4. Sanches Ceren will prevent mining in the Trifinio región.: (Cerro Blanco); ... upon by the three sovereign countries." "We know that mining affects our water, that is why we will continue to defend the position that mining activities in this region must be suspended, because even ...; Created on 04 March 2014
5. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... industry. This is unique in the region, the result of years of organizing by social groups, environmental organizations, and the Catholic Church. Under President Nayib Bukele, however, this mining ...; Created on 06 April 2023
6. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... toxic chemicals into local rivers. Prioritizing clean drinking water was a must as climate change worsened droughts in the region. But the government today appears to be on the verge of turning back ...; Created on 03 April 2023
7. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation: (Cerro Blanco); ... on Mining, a regional organization that supports mining-affected communities in the region and has been key in sharing advice to local organizations for the consultation process. Salvadoran and Guatemalan Catholic ...; Created on 22 September 2022
8. PRESS RELEASE: The municipal consultation on Cerro Blanco mine is valid and legitimate: (Cerro Blanco); Different environmental and ecofeminist organizations, ecclesial movements, and regional activist alliances participated as international observers in the municipal consultation held this past Sunday, ...; Created on 21 September 2022
9. Central American mayors reject mining exploitation that affects strategic river: (Cerro Blanco); ... to the statement, the Cerro Blanco mine "has caused contamination in the Ostúa-Guija-Lempa basin, putting at risk" the population of the three countries, and also in the so-called Trifinio region "it has ...; Created on 12 June 2022
10. Central American mayors reject mining exploitation that affects strategic river: (Cerro Blanco); ... to the statement, the Cerro Blanco mine "has caused contamination in the Ostúa-Guija-Lempa basin, putting at risk" the population of the three countries, and also in the so-called Trifinio region "it has ...; Created on 12 June 2022
11. Public statement of the Local Governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, regarding the “Cerro Blanco” mining project, developed by the ...: (Cerro Blanco); ... Border Association is a Legal entity, located in the Trifinio (Tri-national) Region that is comprised by 26 municipalities from countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras and it is committed to ...; Created on 12 June 2022
12. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... has created the conditions for its entire structure to be against human rights defenders. And not only in Honduras, but we are talking about regions all over the world. That is why it becomes a crime for ...; Created on 25 December 2021
13. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... against the government could not be further from the truth. In fact, the Company would not have been able to operate its open-pit gold mine in the region in the first place if not for disproportionate ...; Created on 07 June 2021
14. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... human rights abuses. Indigenous resistance to mining An Igorot native and former surgeon, Claver organized against harmful mining projects in the mountainous Cordillera region in the northern Philippines. ...; Created on 12 May 2021
15. Honduras: Supreme Court must correct distorted ruling & free arbitrarily detained Guapinol defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... widely as possible". The Working Group(WG) is a specialized body of the United Nations, composed of five independent experts from different regions of the world, authorized by the UN Human Rights ...; Created on 11 May 2021
16. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... forward with a highly contentious gold mine in one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth. According to Rosana Miranda of the São Paulo–based Amazon Watch, the company’s use of heavy metals and cyanide ...; Created on 07 May 2021
17. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... who have opposed the mine have been killed, putting its owner, Inversiones Los Pinares, at the centre of a deadly environmental conflict in the mineral-rich Bajo Aguán region. Local communities are concerned ...; Created on 06 May 2021
18. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the collapse of the rule of law. In the remote regions where many environmental resources are found, development projects are often backed by a toxic mix of political corruption, organized crime, and unchecked ...; Created on 23 April 2021
19. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... territories. In this region, where water is the most valuable asset, more than 20 streams have dried up or been diverted. This includes the Bruno Creek, a major tributary of the Ranchería River, on which ...; Created on 22 April 2021
20. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... in the region, and thus no opposition to mining. A local mayor from the right-wing ARENA party promoted landfills and industrial hog farms as “development” projects. Local opposition organized against ...; Created on 11 April 2021

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