It's never been more important to find a mining waste fix

Late January marked the fifth anniversary of the world's worst modern-day tailings dam disaster at an iron ore mine in Brumadinho, Brazil. The collapse killed at least 270 people. They were mostly Vale company employees eating lunch in a canteen directly below a dam that gave way, sending a tidal wave of 12 million cubic metres of toxic orange sludge eight kilometres downstream, bulldozing houses, offices and people.

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Canada's National Observer

Canada Joins Peru’s President in Mining Push

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It’s been barely a year since Dina Boluarte assumed the presidency in Peru, but she is wasting no time making big changes to attract foreign investment and guarantee the expansion of industrial mining across the country. Following the impeachment and arrest of former President Pedro Castillo on December 7, 2022, Boluarte—who was then serving as vice president—took the top job, even as widespread protests called for her resignation and a new general election.

Plane crash a reminder ‘getting to work is dangerous’ for many miners

Shane Mercer, Canadian Occupational Safety

The investigation into the tragic plane crash near Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, that claimed six lives, including four mine employees and two pilots, continues to develop. One survivor is recovering in hospital.

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Canadian Occupational Safety

Global Allies Call for Charges to be Dropped Against 5 Salvadoran Water Defenders

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It’s been one year since five water defenders were arrested in El Salvador and communities in Canada, the United States and El Salvador are taking action to urge the Attorney General to drop the charges.

New Report from Leading Research and Civil Society Organizations Reveals New Information on the Arrests of Water Defenders and the State of Human Rights in El Salvador under the Bukele Administration

The new report highlights the full extent of human rights abuses under the Bukele administration, as well as evidence that the Bukele administration would like to bring back mining.

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Institute for Policy Studies - Central American Alliance against Mining (ACAFREMIN) - International Allies Against Mining in El Salvador

State of Deception

A fact-finding report on El Salvador’s detained water defenders, the potential return of environmentally destructive mining, and the state of human rights under the Bukele administration. Report Co-Authors: Alejandro Artiga-Purcell, Robin Broad, Pedro Cabezas, John Cavanagh, Bernie Hammond, Manuel Perez-Rocha, Angela Sanbrano, Heather White, Ross Wells, and Scott Wright.

As Canada vies for UN Human Rights Council seat, some Indigenous leaders from the Amazon raise red flags

Tavia Grant, The Globe and Mail 

As Canada vies for a seat on the United Nations human rights council, Indigenous leaders and environmental advocates have launched a co-ordinated campaign drawing attention to Canadian companies operating in the Amazon region and raising questions about their environmental and human rights track record.

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The Globe and Mail

From Ontario to Panama, Indigenous communities are rising up to resist Canada’s mining industry

Owen Schalk, Ricochet

Around the world, Indigenous-led resistance to mining and extraction projects have been intensifying, and it is frequently Canadian companies who are the aggressors, pushing forward with neocolonial land grabs and violent state-sanctioned repression when projects are opposed by locals.

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Ricochet

Review of "Canadian corporate identity: economic diplomacy, mining and racism around the Escobal mine in Guatemala"

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A new chapter provides insight into the role the Canadian Embassy in Guatemala played as the Canadian-owned Escobal mine moved into operations in 2013 in southeastern Guatemala. While Canada tries to paint itself a world leader when it comes to upholding human rights, this chapter offers a clear and little-known picture of the modus operandi of Canadian embassies in promoting Canadian economic interests over human rights and the rights of Indigenous peoples. 

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