The Violence of Development

A companion website to the Pluto Press book by Martin Mowforth

Category: Guatemala

Montana Exploradora billboard, San Miguel Ixtahuacán, Guatemala

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Costa Rica

Las Crucitas Mine, Costa Rica
Costa Rica’s Supreme Court sends mining decision back to Executive and Legislature
Crucitas location map
Calgary based Infinito Gold suing Costa Rica at the World Bank’s ICSID
Illegal mining poisons water supply in northern Costa Rica

El Salvador

Fears of and complaints against the El Dorado Mine, El Salvador
Pacific Rim’s version of its work in El Salvador
Assassinations and other human rights violations of anti-mining activists
The reality of death threats to anti-mining activists in El Salvador
When mining firms sue
ICSID Tribunal Finds in Favour of Government of El Salvador in Arbitration Process
Australian mining company Oceana Gold finally pays $8 million compensation to the state of El Salvador
La minera australiana Oceana Gold finalmente pagó la compensación de $8 millones al Estado salvadoreño
Human rights award for Hector Berrios in El Salvador
Supporting the implementation of the mining ban in El Salvador
El Salvador’s mining ban under threat

Guatemala

The Marlin Mine, Guatemala
Collecting orchids and conning the locals
Testimony against the Marlin Mine, Guatemala
Testimony regarding Montana’s persecution of former employees
Testimony regarding health problems caused by and property rights abused by the Marlin Mine
Montana Exploradora billboard, San Miguel Ixtahuacán, Guatemala
Marlin Mine closes 2017
La Puya: celebrating 5 years of peaceful resistance against a Kappes Cassiday & Associates subsidiary
Mining sector socio-ecological conflicts in Guatemala, 2005 – 2013
The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya fights for the right to water
Pan American Silver Pressured to Shut Down Community Interference in Guatemala – Indigenous leaders in Guatemala and their allies take a stand against corporate greed in their community.
U.S. sanctions nickel miners in El Estor, accused of bribing Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei
Guatemalan Minister of Environment Reveals Authorization of Cerro Blanco Mine

Honduras

The true cost of gold in Honduras
Canadian companies’ role in mining-related violence
Goldcorp Staff Face Criminal Charges Over Mine Pollution After CAFOD Investigation
Environmentalist and Communicator from the Siria Valley, Honduras Denounces Threats
The Honduran government’s General Mining Law
Case study: The San Martín Mine, Siria Valley, Honduras
The Valley of Despair
Honduras: Guapinol 8 finally released
Oqueli Dominguez, a Guapinol land and water defender, killed in Honduras
US Congressional representatives seek cancellation of the Los Pinares mine in Carlos Escaleras Park
Congresistas de EE UU piden cancelación de licencia a la minera Los Pinares en parque Carlos Escaleras

Panama

The location of Panama’s major mines
The Petaquilla Mine, Panama, and opposition to it
Petaquilla Minerals’ own version of its mining operations
Presidential approval of mining damage
Panama Supreme Court declares mining contract illegal
Panamanian workers are being punished for anti-mining protests

Nicaragua

Mining company takes advantage of the crisis in Nicaragua
Mina la India, Nicaragua, and the British Condor Gold Mining Company
Nicaraguan environmental defenders harassed and criminalised – Mina la India

Belize

Vulcan Materials Company and Gales Point – an editorial from Belize
Vulcan Materials Company and Gales Point – a follow-up

‘Green mining’

The notion of ‘green mining’

Artisanal and small-scale mining – a solution?

Small-scale mining in Chalatenango, El Salvador
Artisanal and small-scale mining

Latest Additions

Investor-State Dispute Settlements
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández sentenced to 45 years in jail
As U.S. Legal Pathways Expand, New Analysis Examines the Channels and Current Numbers from Mexico and Northern Central America
Semi-submersible drug carrier intercepted off Costa Rica
Panamanian workers are being punished for anti-mining protests

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