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AIDA Press Releases

Manuel Pulgar -Vidal AIDA President Manuel Pulgar-Vidal named Peru Environment Minister 12/15/2011
Flooding in Tabasco, Mexico 2007 / Credit: Javier Garcia AIDA presents report at Durban linking climate change to decline of human rights in Latin America 12/07/2011
Link to more information Brazil Boycotts OAS Meeting Over Belo Monte Dam 10/26/2011
Link to more information Jury Finds Former Owners of Lead Smelter Liable for $358.5 Million in Damages 08/04/2011
Civil Society Groups Go to Court to Defend Panama Bay 07/26/2011
Link to more information Belo Monte Dam May Lead Brazil to OAS High Court 06/16/2011
Link to more information Organization of American States requests immediate suspension of Belo Monte dam in the Brazilian Amazon 04/05/2011
Link to more information Colombian Ministry of Mines Announces Wetlands Protection from Open Pit Mining 03/22/2011
Link to more information Organization of American States Questions Belo Monte Dam Project 03/14/2011
Link to more information Public Hearing on the Angostura Mine Suspended: AIDA Publishes Brief Urging the Colombian Government to Protect the Páramos (Spanish Text Only) 03/08/2011
Link to more information The Colombian Government Should Reject the Angosture Mining Project in the Páramos (Spanish Text Only) 03/04/2011
Link to more information Costa Rica's High Court Annuls Industrias Infinito's Crucitas Mining Project Concession 11/25/2010
Link to more information Indigenous and Riverbank Communities Call on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Suspend the Massive Belo Monte Dam in the Brazilian Amazon 11/11/2010
Link to more information CEMDA and AIDA Present Report to Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Environmental Advocates Are Key to Protecting Human Rights and Are At-Risk in Mexico 09/15/2010
Link to more information NGOs Request International Intervention to Protect Threatened Wetlands of Nayarit and Sinaloa (Spanish only) 06/16/2009
Link to more information International Mission Visits Mexico to Discuss Threats to Mangroves (Spanish Only) 06/18/2010
Link to more information Violations of the Right to a Healthy Environment in Panama Denounced before the United Nations (Spanish Only) 05/17/2010
Link to more information AIDA Presents Report on Large Dams Before the Inter-American Development Bank (Spanish) 03/19/2010
Link to more information Environmental Organizations Denounce Flaws and Impacts of the Costa del Pacifico (CIP) Mega-Resort at a Public Hearing (Spanish only) 03/09/2010
Link to more information Canadian Supreme Court prohibits project splitting and guarantees public participation in environmental assessments (Spanish text only) 01/27/2010
Link to more information Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Examines Impacts of Large Dams in Latin America 11/02/2009
Link to more information Inter-American Commission admits case on human rights violations in La Oroya 08/19/2009
Link to more information Costa Rican Constitutional Chamber Orders the Fisheries Authority to Issue Regulations Within the Next 3 Months 05/20/2009
Link to more information Colombian Constitutional Court Admits AIDA's Complaint Against Mining Code (Spanish Text Only) 05/20/2009
Link to more information Costa Rican Court Orders Expropriation Of Land Slated For Tourism Development In The Leatherback Marine National Park 05/14/2008
Link to more information Constitutional Court Orders Change in Environmental License for Baba Dam, Ecuador 01/08/2009
Link to more information National and International Organizations File Suit Against Colombian Mining Law to Protect Fragile Ecosystems Like the Páramos 09/11/2008
Link to more information AIDA Supports Legal Action Against Baba Dam (Spanish Text Only) 06/19/2008
Link to more information Costa Rican Court Reinforces Protection of Leatherback National Marine Park: Declares Ruling Allowing Construction in Park Unconstitutional 06/02/2008
Link to more information Doe Run Smelter in La Oroya, Peru, Loses Environmental Certification 04/09/2008
Link to more information Threats from Proposed Dam in La Parota, Mexico, Challenged in Amicus Curiae Legal Brief 04/02/2008
Link to more information Human Rights Body Calls on Peru to Protect Citizens from Contamination by American-Owned Smelter 09/05/2007
Link to more information Federal Judge Suspends Construction of the La Parota Hydroelectric Project! 08/28/2007
Link to more information IACHR Forwards La Oroya Human Rights Petition to Peruvian Government for Comment 04/24/2007
Link to more information AIDA and Participating Organizations Submit La Oroya Petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 03/21/2007
Link to more information Plan Colombia Aerial Herbicide Spraying Not Proved Safe for the Environment – Released to US Congress 02/14/2007
Link to more information AIDA critical of Colombian spraying in Ecuadorian border region 12/01/2006
Link to more information AIDA Calls for Alternative Development Programs in Colombia 08/22/2006
Link to more information Legal victory! - Peruvian Constitutional Tribunal Orders the Government to Address the Public Health Emergency in La Oroya 05/12/2006
Link to more information Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Asked to Prevent a Public Health Crisis in La Oroya, Peru 11/21/2005
Link to more information Judge Orders Measures to Protect Public Health in La Oroya 04/14/2005
Link to more information Legal Action Temporarily Protects Leatherback Sea Turtles in Costa Rica 03/30/2005
Link to more information Health Risks in La Oroya are Higher Than Expected: Lead and Lead Compounds Classified as Carcinogens (Spanish text) 02/08/2004
Link to more information U.S. Congress Conditions: Spraying in National Parks 12/10/2003
Link to more information Colombian Court Orders the Suspension of Plan Colombia Spraying 06/26/2003