Three Canadian companies expected to apply in September to advance fracking pilot projects in Colombia

Photo: A protest in Bogota, Colombia on June 7, 2019 in opposition to fracking. Photo by Luisa Gonzalez/Reuters. On August 27, the Bucaramanga, Colombia-based newspaper Vanguardia reported: “Starting next month, the oil companies interested in advancing the [fracking pilot projects] could initiate the procedures before the government.” “With the four final Read more…

PBI-Honduras accompanied COPINH says ruling ordering start of trial for DESA executive “a step in the search for justice”

Photo: On October 10, 2019, PBI-Honduras went to observe the hearing of former DESA executive David Castillo for the murder of Berta Cáceres. That preliminary hearing was suspended after Castillo’s defence filed an appeal. On August 26, Reuters reported: “A Honduran judge [today] ordered the start of the trial of Read more…

Indigenous land defender Bernardo Caal Xol criminalized for his opposition to hydroelectric dams has a court hearing today

Bernardo Caal Xol has another court appearance today at 9 am CST (11 am EST) following a series of cancelled hearings. On July 29, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted: “Yesterday we accompanied Bernardo Caal Xol and the Human Rights Law Firm (BDH) to Bernardo’s appeal hearings which were suspended Read more…