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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

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