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Death threats against community leader, his family and the union, hacking web sites, stealing computers and records of the hearings of Puerto Gaitan. During the early hours of today, Saturday 20 July, the house of the Brotherhood and Solidarity Network with Colombia (Redher)in Bogotá was attacked. Strangers came into the place and took away computers, sound recorders and cameras used in theorganization of the pre-hearing of the Ethical and Political Judgement  of Pacific Rubiales; and of the delegation from Canada-the…

In partnership with the International Transport Workers Federation, a global federation of 690 unions representing over 4.5 million transport workers in 153 countries, and the Alliance of Progressive Labor, a national trade union center in the Philippines.   Antonio “Dodong” Petalcorin, the…

It is with shock and extreme disappointment that we note the position of two ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that the country should import and consume genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The reports quote the ministers of Agriculture ,…

The National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining submitted a letter to the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of El Salvador to ask that the Free Trade Agreement with US, Central America and the Dominican Republic CAFTA-DR be declared unconstitutional. In…

Arbitrary arrest and charges brought against Bertha Caceres, leader of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras – COPINH On Friday 24, on the 53rd day of the roadblock in Rio Branco carried out by the Lenca…

Thousands of people hailing from different regions of El Salvador marched through San Salvador this morning to urge the government to stop metallic mining and to approve legislation to protect water in the country. The Ecological Walk was organized by a coalition…

El Salvador’s battle to protect its water by becoming the first country to ban metal mining could have a wide-ranging resonance No drying up … with their water supply threatened, Salvadorans are hitting back at mining companies such as Pacific Rim.…

Vale continues persecuting and criminalizing Mozambican social activists In mid April, 2013, artisanal brickmakers of Moatize, Mozambique, affected by the largest open-pit coal mine of multinational company Vale were violently repressed during a demonstration. As a response to this situation,…

Delegation protest at the site of Pacific Rim mine in Cabanas, El Salvador. Photo by Ron Carver. Robin is standing in front of a church in Guatemala with some of the other members of the first international delegation on “gold mining and…