Honduran Hydra | Jared Olson
Last year, Honduras’s new president promised an end to open-pit mining in the country—but the fight is far from over.
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Last year, Honduras’s new president promised an end to open-pit mining in the country—but the fight is far from over.
Activists and defence team agree to start the process to apply for amnesty. Tough statement from UNHCHR. With a two to one split verdict, the Tocoa
Legal and human rights experts condemn decision to find six activists guilty of crimes against mining company
Two men shot Arnold Joaquín Morazán Erazo to death in his home in Tocoa, Honduras, one night in October 2020. Morazán was an environmental activist and one of 32 people criminalized by the Honduran government for defending the Guapinol River against the environmental impacts of a new iron oxide mine in the Carlos Escaleras National Park. So far, at least eight people who have opposed the mine have been killed, putting its owner, Inversiones Los Pinares, at the centre of a deadly environmental conflict in the mineral-rich Bajo Aguán region. Local communities are concerned about the mineâ€...