Venezuela: Miners executed approximately 80 indigenous

Illegal miners killed and pollute.

The Organization Yanomami denounced that around 80 of their brothers were killed at the hands of illegal Brazilian miners who invaded the jungle area of South Venezuela, burning their houses and leaving the burned bodies, without being able to identify them.
  

Mexico: Peasants against mega-projects

Mega-projects: mega-pollution.

So-called mega-projects, which extract the mineral and other natural resources, are taking advantage of economic reforms in Mexico and treaties such as the North American free trade treaty.
  

Guatemala: Population call for consult by gold mine

Strong opposition to irresponsible mining.

San Rafael Las Flores, Guatemala, multiple social organizations are demanding more than eight months ago a query to the population to decide if the mining company San Rafael may continue to run in the municipality.

 

Paraguay: Peasants demand agrarian reform

Demand land reform and condemning the coup Government.

A massive March of Paraguayan peasants and indigenous people demanded a comprehensive agrarian reform once denounced as a coup leader to the current Government.

 

Peru: Tons of mercury to illegal mining

Illegal mining has devastated 20 thousand hectares of forests.

Illegal mining, which is growing due to corrupt officials, continues to use large amounts of mercury to gold production.

El Salvador: Corrupt company start activities

Corrupt authorities and corrupt businessmen.

The transnational Wal-Mart is known as a company that like to invest their money to corrupt public authorities to evade environmental requirements and to obtain favors that will facilitate its commercial activity.

Chile: Mapuches start hunger strike

We only have the dignity of a people that refuses.

As a crowd of 150 thousand students, teachers and parents marched in Santiago against the educational policy of the Chilean Government, at the headquarters of the United Nations Fund for children (UNICEF), the Mapuche Indians, who remain for 30 days in this Office, began a hunger strike claiming the passivity of UNICEF to the abuse of children and young Mapuche Chileans.

Peru: Loses thousands of kilometers of Amazon forest

There is no way to stop the destruction of the Amazon.

A recent study shows that the causes of the loss of thousands of kilometers of the Amazon rainforest are extractive activities and territorial disorder; but also the lack of an environmental policy and the huge presence of corruption which have resulted in the loss of 15 thousand square kilometers of jungle in the past 10 years.

Dominican Republic: On alert for possible entry of invasive frog

Aggressive specie against native fauna.

The Ministry of environment of Dominican Republic alerted the airport and customs institutions to redouble the vigilance to prevent the entry into the country of a frog that damages the environment of Puerto Rico.

Haiti: The threat of tropical storm "Isaac"

Makeshift shelters will very be punished for "Isaac"

"Isaac" tropical storm caused heavy rains in some areas of Puerto Rico, is going through the Caribbean and goes to Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Nicaragua: College mass marched for the environment

Defending the ecological environment of the River San Juan of Nicaragua

Not less than 20 thousand Nicaraguans University marched in the city of León, by the world's environment day which is held every June 5.

Panama: With German money destroy jungle

Panamanian indigenous reject the construction of hydroelectric

Panama not only has its famous canal. It also prides itself for its cultural and ecological wealth, which is exceptional.

A great biodiversity is housed in the jungle of the Ngäbe. Similarly, the sierra de Tabasara in the Chiriqui province is a paradise for amphibians and reptiles, including many that are found only in this place and that are threatened with extinction, including the Blue Frog that lives only on the banks of the River will be flooded by the reservoir.

Guatemala: Government does not suspend mining operation

Arsenic from minig activities contaminates waters of Guatemala.

Beside that the Inter-American Commission on human rights (CIDH) ordered the suspension of mining activities in the Marlin mine, which performs operations in San Miguel Ixtahuacán and Sipacapa, the Ministry of energy and mines of Guatemala has issued a resolution which establishes that "... there is no cause to suspend operations of Marlin".
 

Cuba: The threat of extreme weather events

Civil defence of Cuba always evaluates all the risks that may have the nation and the adoption of measures to reduce them

Faced with the threat of the storm Isaac, Civil Defense of Cuba triggered the command posts of the eastern provinces. The greatest danger is the volume of water that carries the storm. Rains spilled dams and rivers with the consequent loss of economic and perhaps human, if protection measures are not taken.

Costa Rica: Central American Court ordered to suspend road construction

Costa Rica violated regional agreements for the conservation of biodiversity and protection of priority wildlife areas in Central America.

By building a road "of high risk and environmental danger" the Central American Court of Justice, ordered Costa Rica suspend construction of 160 Km.

Paraguay: Started campaign Operation Monsanto

Monsanto transnational fulfilled an important role in the coup against the Government of Lugo.

Against the decision of the coup, Paraguayan Government increase the use of genetically modified seeds for crops of corn and cotton, the population has implemented the campaign Operation Monsanto which was a popular response to the Government decision.

The campaign is being conducted with a series of activities against companies and Paraguayan institutions linked to the American multinational.
 

Brazil: Brazilian court convicts Monsanto

GM crops threaten our health, deteriorating the environment and destroy agriculture family or sustainable, aggravating hunger in the world.

To afirm in advertising that transgenic soy seeds were beneficial to the environment, has cost to the multinational Monsanto American agrochemicals fined $250,000 by the Federal Regional Court of Brazil.

Argentina: There is no political will to respect indigenous peoples

For those who oppose the extractive model: only repression

The Nobel Peace Prize, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, stated that the Argentine Government has a disabled view of human rights and denounced the extractive model advances with repression.

El Salvador: Aggravate the food crisis

Minister of Agriculture of El Salvador trying to convince the peasants of the convenience of produce agrofuels

After having been heavily impacted by drought, El Salvador faces the will of its Government to promote agrofuels which deepen the crisis in food production generated by the drought as a result of climate change around the world.
 

Brazil: Suspended construction of mega hydroelectric

Indigenous resistance against the abuse and arrogance

The widespread habit to invade territories, appropriate them and allocate them to exploitation, in the worst way, is costing expensive to the North energy Consortium, constructor of the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant in the Amazon jungle of Brazil, call to be the third largest in the world.

 

Colombia: The police attacks the defenders of the Magdalena river

The repression as a unique response to the fair demands.

The community that belongs to the Department of Huila, has created the Permanent Assembly for the defence of the territory of the Magdalena river, of the Colombian Massif, in the Páramo of Miraflores and the communities affected by megaprojects, this has been suppressed brutally by Squadron mobile riot police (ESMAD) causing thirty injured, some seriously, who were demanding the withdrawal of the transnational corporations in their territory.

 

Uruguay: Grows the rejection to mega mining

Uruguay defends the Earth and its natural assets, against the metalliferous megaminería opencast.

After discussing different proposals for action, some already in process of implementation, such as the departmental referendums, was considered the relevance of a campaign of collecting signatures for a national plebiscite which prohibits the megaminería in the country.

Ecuador: CIDH give the reason to ecuadorian indigenous

The Ecuadorian State is also obligated to solve this problem between the oil company and the Sarayaku people.

The natives people of the Sarayaku community held the verdict of the Inter-American Court of human rights (IACHR) in their favour. The judges also condemned the State of Ecuador for having authorized the entry of an oil to the territories of the indigenous community without consulting them.

Chile: Barrick Gold violates ILO 169 Convention

Pascua Lama: first draft of the binational megaminería on the planet to extract gold, silver, copper.

The community indigenous Colla de Rio Jorquera, denounced the company Minera Cerro Casale of Barrick Gold property, violates the international treaty on human rights (ILO Convention 169) which requires the prior, free and informed consultation to indigenous communities which are affected in their lands or territories.
 

Peru: Dear Roque

Video produced by NADIENOSPAGA colective.

Colombia: Mining destroy its territory

One cause: defend life.

Territory which was already granted for mining operations being requested for that same activity account for around 40 percent of the country.

But also the Colombian Government declared as strategic mining areas two million hectares, in addition to other 17 million in the Amazon also for mining.
 

Honduras: Indigenous reject militarization and environmental pillage

They suffer military and environmental aggression

The communities belonging to the Civic Council of popular organizations and indigenous Honduras are threatened by manoeuvres for militarization and the theft of natural assets.

Peru: Pollution that never ends

Children Achuar (Loreto Region)-arrived at Lima 2007 asking for medical attention.

Since many years ago. native communities, who live mainly in the Peruvian Amazon, continue to claim and fighting to be heard and punish predatory and polluting transnational corporations.
 

Video for the Human Rights

Video edited by Diakonía and the National Human Rights Coordinator (CNDDHH)

México: Chinese risk lives from Nahua community

The Nahua people analyzed the effects of the exploitation of the deposit of iron "El Ratón".

In the nahua region of South Jalisco, the Gan-Bo mining international Chinese company exploits the resources of iron of  the mine , "El Ratón", open pit, very near where live the native, who are engaged in livestock and agriculture.

Chile: Reject "donation" from mining transnational

The problem of the glaciers caught the attention of scientists, environmentalists, personalities and politicians from around the world.

The Catholic sisters of the good Samaritan rejected the "donation" of the mining company Barrick Gold Corp., for the construction of a House of refuge in Vallenar. This sudden generosity of the multinational company is pure advertising that has been reported in Chile, as another attempt to divide the communities that are being affected by the Pascua Lama mining project since 2000.

Perú: Powerful mine poisoned peasents

Antamina S.A., endangers the life of the peasant communities surrounding.

The Departmental Agrarian Federation of Ancash has asked the Peruvian Government to declare environmental emergency in the highland area the region where sits Antamina S. A. (500 kilometers from Lima, the Peruvian capital) due the contamination by spillage of 45 tons of 14 toxic minerals which seriously affected more than 200 settlers in the community of Santa Rosa, in the District of Cajacay.