... at mine sites also raise fears that the virus will spread among local populations. Communities living near mines often suffer from respiratory illness or other health impacts from exposure to noise, toxic ...
... their residents now have to worry about investor lawsuits.
In Peru, for example, where families are clogging the roads as they flee the country’s crowded cities in fear of the virus, a proposed emergency ...
... to generate fear among protesters and to inhibit the exercise of their human rights. "
In particular, as the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), CEJIL has pointed out, preventive detention is ...
... of the 31 criminalized defenders remain illegally detained, the rest, along with their family and friends, continue to be stigmatized and forced to live in a state of fear and anxiety.
Despite the ...
... mainly in rural, indigenous and Garifuna communities.
In Nicaragua, repression against government dissidents includes environmental defenders who have ceased their defense for fear of repression, while ...
... environmental permits to various companies, according to environmentalists in the country. The fear of activists is that the new government will grant mining exploration permits, even though there is a ...
... a permanent militarization of the region that has caused various local leaders to flee in fear of further persecution. In addition, there have been reports that private security forces have since been ...
... killings at the hands of police. The controversial new anti-terror law doesn’t allay fears, either. The law, which barrelled through Congress this year, gives police and military broader powers to go after ...
... and ministries responsible implementation of the mining ban and the "environmental remediation plan".
Fear of a reversal
The members of the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining also expressed ...
... because of fears that they are contaminated with heavy metals used in the extraction process.
“The country’s most important markets flat-out avoid buying our products,” he told IPS from his hometown. ...
... Jimmy Morales over to the Court’s rulings on mining projects, as well as efforts by the executive branch to put the brakes on corruption investigations involving high level officials. “We fear that the ...
... herself for fear of retaliation against those who oppose the mine.
These health problems would have their origin in the contamination of water sources, because, although the company is not yet extracting ...
... initially by Canadian mining firm, Radius Gold, which eventually sold to US mining firm KCA, seeking to exploit gold and silver reserves in the hills just outside of town. Fearful over the impacts on the ...
... have been walled off from their communities. “If the private sector owns water, we would not only fear rising prices, but also pollution and all sorts of abuses, like people who cannot access their well ...
... on her family, including her three-year-old daughter’s life. But the radio station continued its campaign.
“It was such a hard time,” she says, “but instead of people shutting up in fear, they raised ...
Marisol Miranda: CoLatino
Although there is a law against mining, fear is always present. “OceanaGold still owns the El Dorado miming project, and they are only waiting for a change of government for ...
Mario Beltrán - Contrapunto
Environmental NGOs fear that the approaching electoral season might advance the company´s goals at the expense of the environment.
Environmental organizations are worried ...
... measures to protect the environment or public health for fear of investor-state lawsuits.
Now back to the Trump-related trade issue of the moment, NAFTA: The investor-state provisions in NAFTA don't help ...
... San Isidro, in the northern department of Cabañas.
Later governments, led since 2009 by the leftist Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), have maintained the policy.
"Our fear is that the ...
... fear and trauma generated by the murders. This is why we want people to learn from these tragic events, to honor their memory" he said.
"The State of El Salvador won the lawsuit before the ICSID, and I ...