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Cover image of this report, Nicaragua's Gold Rush

Nicaragua's Gold Rush

In a new report, Nicaragua’s Gold Rush , the Oakland Institute exposes how, despite US sanctions on Nicaragua’s gold mining sector, the industry has boomed, fueled by foreign business interests. The US is the primary destination, accounting for a staggering 79 percent of total Nicaraguan gold exports. The US government issued sanctions against state-owned mining company ENIMINAS in June 2022, accusing the Ortega-Murillo regime of “using gold...

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La fiebre del oro de Nicaragua
Report cover

Nicaragua's Failed Revolution: The Indigenous Struggle for Saneamiento

Nicaragua’s Failed Revolution details the incessant violence facing the Indigenous communities in the Caribbean Coast Autonomous Regions, as evidenced by recent attacks against the Alal, Wasakin, and Miskitu communities, and provides in depth information about the actors involved — foreign gold mining firms, national and international actors in logging and cattle ranching industry, as well as prominent Nicaraguan officials. Whereas...

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Nicaragua: Una Revolución Fallida: La Lucha Indígena Por El Saneamiento
Rio Coco, RACCN

Is Nicaragua For Sale?

In May 2020, the Oakland Institute published an independent report that documented the incessant violence facing the Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities in the North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region (RACCN) and provided in depth information about the actors involved — foreign gold mining firms, national and international actors in logging and cattle ranching industries, as well as prominent Nicaraguan officials.

Press Releases and Public Statements

Entre el fracaso de las sanciones de EE. UU. en Nicaragua, los indígenas pagan el precio de la fiebre del oro

Amidst Failed US Sanctions, the Indigenous Pay the Price for Nicaragua’s Gold Rush

The Oakland Institute Denounces Another Massacre of Indigenous People in Nicaragua with Complicity of the Global North

Nicaraguan Government’s Closure of Organizations Defending Indigenous and Afro-descendant Peoples Is an Attempt to Silence Their Struggle for Lands and Lives

Devastating Hurricanes Threaten Years of Consequences for Indigenous Peoples amid Settler Invasion in Nicaragua


Media

Harmful mining continues in Nicaragua despite U.S. sanctions, new investigation shows

Mongabay

The Indigenous Pay the Price for Nicaragua’s Gold Rush

Havana Times

En Nicaragua, los indígenas pagan el precio de la fiebre del oro

Havana Times

Nicaragua exporta millones de dólares en oro a Estados Unidos a pesar de sanciones

La Nación

U.S. “holds back” sanctions against Eniminas and dictatorship’s mining partners, The Oakland Institute reveals

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