Robin Broad

President Bukele needs to drop charges against labor, human rights, and water defenders, as well as ordinary workers who simply want to get paid.

Oceanagold is trying to dig deeper into the heart of legally-designated “conservation land” to mine gold.

How ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed.

Water defenders in El Salvador are offering hopeful development priorities, policies, and trajectories for the future. They aren’t alone.

Americans will have to fight hard to protect their water from corporate greed. They can learn a lot from El Salvador.

OceanaGold has not adhered to its commitments under its mining permit and various Philippine laws and regulations.

Ten Violations that Should Prompt Its Removal

OceanaGold was stunningly defeated in El Salvador last March. Can it be defeated in the Philippines by 2019?

There have been two giant wins for democracy, human rights, and the environment in an unlikely spot: the small, embattled nation of El Salvador. What lessons can be learned, and can nations and activists build on these two victories?

Against overwhelming odds, El Salvador won its long battle for water.

The investor-state provisions in NAFTA don’t help workers. Instead, they hand enormous power to corporations to bully governments into undoing measures to protect workers, the environment, and public health.

In a tale of people power over corporate power, a tribunal has ruled against a global company in a case over mining rights.

 Obama is waging a full-court press to pass the unpopular trade treaty after the November elections.

A culture of impunity, misguided U.S. policy that has pursued expediency above principle, and an unwillingness of Honduras’ political elites to reform their institutions of justice and governance are all to blame.

Under what conditions do governments of poorer countries become active defenders and protectors of the environment?

Together and individually, Kailash Satyarthi and Senator Tom Harkin — from opposite ends of the earth — have helped immeasurably to combat the worst forms of child labor.

In an obscure World Bank court, a multinational mining firm is suing El Salvador for attempting to protect its citizens from deadly mining pollution.

A new study debunks eight falsehoods the mining corporation OceanaGold has used to try to justify mining in El Salvador and undermine public debate and policymaking.

A new study debunks eight falsehoods the mining corporation OceanaGold has used to try to justify mining in El Salvador and undermine public debate and policymaking.