Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement Threatens to Worsen Human Rights Abuses Facing Indigenous Nations and Communities
[español abajo] JOINT PRESS RELEASE – February 7, 2025 Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement...
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Ecuador’s Free Trade Agreement with Canada is a Threat to Sovereignty and Indigenous Territories
Statement from the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) translated from its original Spanish. English translation by MiningWatch Canada and Common Frontiers. The Free Trade Agreement between Ecuador and...
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Five prominent water defenders in El Salvador refuse to attend court hearing denouncing lack of judicial independence that poses a threat to their lives
[español abajo] Source: Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) – Central American Alliance on Mining...
Read MoreSanta Marta Community, International Allies Call on Appeals Court to Reaffirm Innocence of the Five Salvadoran Water Defenders
(español abajo) Uphold October 18 Ruling of Innocence in Trial of Five Prominent Water Defenders By Olivia Alperstein, John Cavanagh, Pedro Cabezas San Salvador – On October 28, the Salvadoran Attorney General opted to appeal...
Read MoreManifesto for Water and Life by the Committee for the Defense of Water and the Santurbán Paramo
The following was translated into English by MiningWatch Canada and Common Frontiers. The original in Spanish is here. Once again, we mobilize massively like rivers of life through the streets of Bucaramanga, demanding the full...
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Panama: 121 International Organizations Call on Canada to Withdraw All Support for First Quantum Minerals
More than 100 Panamanian and international organizations and coalitions have submitted an open...
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Report: The Corporate Assault on Honduras
Investor-state dispute settlements filed or threatened to be filed by companies against...
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ISDS threatens sovereignty, rights in Colombia – New video!
Excellent 30 minute documentary (in Spanish with English subtitles) launched by organizations*...
Read MoreVenezuela: An Attempted Coup By Any Other Name – Maria Paez Victor
“We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it.” Elon Musk, 25 July 2020, Twitter Once again, as in 2002, Venezuela has been the victim of a combined media and diplomatic coup attempt, but this time with the added element of...
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Venezuelans head to the polls July 28 under shadow of sanctions
This election takes place while Venezuelans suffer under more than 930 “unilateral coercive...
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Colombia In The Shadow Of Human Rights Abuses
