Monthly Archives: April, 2021

Canadian company confirms ExxonMobil’s Platero fracking pilot project is the VMM-37 block near Puerto Wilches, Colombia

To hear Colombian social leaders speak about Platero/VMM-37, please register for this bilingual webinar on Thursday April 29. This morning, Toronto-based Sintana Energy Inc. released...

Canadian banks have provided $59.572 billion to fracking companies since the Paris agreement

@QuitRbc projected this image on RBC’s central branch in Montreal on the morning of April 8, the date of the bank’s annual shareholders meeting. Canadian...

Webinar will provide update on proposed law to ban fracking in Colombia in accordance with the Paris agreement

To hear the latest on the proposed law to ban fracking in Colombia, join this webinar on April 29. Photo by Wesley Tomaselli. On August...

Land and environmental rights defenders remain in danger as COP26 set to meet virtually from May 31 to June 17

Four environmental human rights defenders have been killed every week since the COP21 summit in December 2015. The Guardian reports: “On Thursday night, the decision-making...

PBI-Colombia accompanied CSPP and COSPACC launch reports, books and texts in defence of human rights

The Committee in Solidarity with Political Prisoners (CSPP) and the Social Corporation for Community Advice and Training (COSPACC) held a GRAN LANZAMIENTO (big launch)...

PBI-Colombia accompanied dhColombia welcomes news that “9S” deaths will be investigated by human rights prosecutors

On April 10, El Espectador reported: “Last Friday, April 9, in the midst of the victims' national day, lawyers representing the fatal and injured...

PBI-Guatemala posts article about court challenge on redacted Canadian documents on the Goldcorp Marlin mine

Communities affected by the Marlin mine demonstrate at the Canadian embassy in Guatemala City. Photo by PAQG. On April 8, PBI-Guatemala posted on their Facebook page an...

PBI-Mexico accompanies the Peoples’ Front on a march on the 102nd anniversary of the murder of Emiliano Zapata

On April 10, PBI-Mexico posted: “Today we accompanied the Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water ((FDPTA) watching a mobilization and cultural minutes...

PBI-Mexico celebrates the continuing strong relationship with ASMAC and the communities they accompany

On April 8, PBI-Mexico posted: “Despite the contingency, at PBI we celebrate the continuation of a strong relationship with the organization Alianza Sierra Madre...

PBI-Honduras observes court hearing for ARCAH environmentalists defending the Choluteca River

On April 14, PBI-Honduras posted: “Yesterday we observed the audience of seven defenders of the Choluteca River belonging to the organization Alternative for Community...
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