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State-sanctioned Violence in Peru and the Role of Canadian Mining

06.03.2023

Shuar Arutam People Resist Mining Industry Advances During COVID-19 Pandemic

25.05.2022

Support for Precautionary Measures for Communities in Andalgalá, Argentina

20.05.2022

Argentinian Delegates Meet with Guatemalans at Regional Summit of Peoples Affected by Pan American Silver

04.05.2022

195 International Organizations Denounce Latest Attacks Against Members of the Peaceful Resistance to Escobal Mine

21.01.2021

Open Letter to the Communities and Organizations of Chubut, Argentina

08.12.2020

TAKE ACTION: Demand that INV Metals make the Environmental Impact Assessment for Loma Larga, Public!

04.12.2020

Open Letter to INV Metals in Support of Ecuadorian Organizations Requesting Environmental Impact Study for Loma Larga Project

03.12.2020

Massive Mobilizations Ignite Argentinian Patagonia In Face of Lobby Pressure to Subvert Anti-Mining Legislation

02.12.2020

Investor Alert: Equinox Threatens Community, Inexplicably Prolonging Suspension at Los Filos Mine in Mexico

25.11.2020

Xinka Parliament Announces Breakthrough in Escobal Mine Consultation Process, Rejects Pan American Silver’s Bad Faith

26.10.2020

Talks at Los Filos in Guerrero, Mexico, Break Down; Ejido Calls On Equinox Gold to Name New Negotiators

16.10.2020

One Month Later, Equinox Gold Still Failing to Meet Basic Conditions for Dialogue with Communities at Los Filos Mine

01.10.2020

Take Action to Support the Indigenous Shuar Arutam People in the Ecuadorian Amazon

23.09.2020

Lithium and the False “Energy Transition”

23.09.2020

Equinox Gold Drives Mexican Farmers to Shut Down Los Filos Mine to Protect Their Dignity and their Health

11.09.2020

Ecuador Communities Day of Action Hits Cornerstone Resources’ AGM

28.08.2020

Chile: Valparaíso Court Nullifies Illegal Authorization of Vizcachitas Mining Company Drilling Project

27.08.2020

Ecuador Organizations Condemn Canadian Mining Lobby on Important Public Consultation Decision

27.08.2020

Hudbay Denies COVID-19 Infections at Constancia Mine – Peruvian Organization Responds

12.08.2020

Indigenous Shuar Arutam Government in Ecuador Calls Out Canadian Mining Company’s Sham Consultation Process.

04.08.2020

Canadian Mining Companies Beware: Communities in Chubut, Argentina Launch Second Campaign for Law to Protect Water Against Mining

25.06.2020

Support Chile’s “First Territory Free of Mining” – Send a Message to the Canadian Ambassador to Chile

27.05.2020

May Day COVID-19 Report

01.05.2020

Chilean Mayor Asks Teck to Protect Municipality, Warns Population Vulnerable to COVID-19 Due to Mining Contamination

26.03.2020

Background on Pro-Mining Law Amendments in Mendoza, Argentina

14.01.2020

Gloria Chicaiza Physically Gone But Forever Remembered

30.12.2019

URGENT ACTION - Tell Multinational Mining Companies to Back Off: Chubut Already Said "No" to Mining

06.12.2019

Understanding Canada’s Silence on the Uprising in Chile

25.11.2019

Declaration of the Regional Gathering: Climate Crisis, Energy Transition and Mining Extractivism in Latin America

13.11.2019

US-based Foundation Urges Canadian Company INV Metals to Abandon Controversial Ecuador Project, Highlights Risk to Investors

22.10.2019

Open Letter: Canadian Organizations Stand in Solidarity with Indigenous, Labour and Civil Society Organizations in Ecuador Protesting Neoliberal Economic Reforms

15.10.2019

Some Key Points to Understand What Is Going on in Ecuador in Light of Recent Massive Protests

10.10.2019

New Report Reveals Botched Consultation Process for Indigenous Xinca at Pan American Silver Mine in Guatemala

10.10.2019

Canadian Mining Companies Part of the Problem as Repression of Indigenous and Social Movements Escalates in Ecuador

07.10.2019

The Shuar Arutam People of Ecuador Declare Territory Free of Mining, Reject Consultation

23.08.2019

Mariano Abarca's Powerful Speech in Front of Canadian Embassy Is Heard in Chiapas to Mark Family's Submission of Appeal and 10th Year of Impunity

19.08.2019

Indigenous Shuar Government in Ecuador Ratifies Anti-Mining Position Against Solaris Copper’s Warintza Project

09.08.2019

More than 1500 March to Defend Territory Against Argonaut Gold in Guanajuato, Mexico

23.07.2019

Chilean Community Submits Open Letter to the People of Canada Re: Threat Canadian Mining Company Poses to Their Water

18.07.2019

Ecuadorian Organization Denounces Illegal Exploration Activities at Canadian Mining Project

10.07.2019

Canadian Organizations Denounce Federal Government's Ongoing Negotiations for MERCOSUR with Brazil's Extremist Bolsonaro Government

10.06.2019

"Extraction Casino" Ottawa Launch Event – June 17, 2019

03.06.2019

MiningWatch Mourns Death of Ana Paula Hernández and Colleagues in Guatemala Crash

08.04.2019

Overwhelming “No” Vote in Southern Ecuador Referendum Targets INV Metals Project

03.04.2019

Are Canadian Embassies Free to Ignore Government Human Rights Policies?

22.03.2019

Canadian Company INV Metals Fights Local Referendum Over Ecuador Gold Project Against Mounting Community Opposition

26.02.2019

Three Canadian Mining Companies in Brazil Silent on Tailings Dam Structures following Brumadinho Disaster

04.02.2019

International Groups Denounce U.S. Mining Company’s Multi-million Dollar Claim Against Guatemala and Express Solidarity with Communities Peacefully Defending Land and Life at ‘La Puya’

31.01.2019

Investigators’ Study of Canadian/Swedish Mining Project in Ecuador Yields Disturbing Results

17.01.2019

INV Metals’ Loma Larga Project in Ecuador Still Contested Despite Recent Claims

10.01.2019

Overwhelming international support for Indigenous Guatemalan communities resisting Canadian/American mine

25.09.2018