“CHALATENANGO FREE OF MINING”
Community Consultations on mining in El Salvador
September 2014
Communities in the department of Chalatenango have been at the forefront of organized opposition to ...
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The United Nations(UN), has called on millions of people who on April 22 will celebrate Earth Day 2014 to focus on celebrating Green Cities to achieve a healthy and sustainable ...
... of the 2014 presidential election would keep the current moratorium on mining.
In November 2013, newly appointed Human Rights Ombudsman for the Defense of Human Rights, David Morales, also announced ...
... they reaffirmed their “rejection of the mining project as destructive and a threat to the life of the population and their natural commons.”
Almost seven years earlier to the day, on May 23, 2014, police ...
... Kappes, Cassiday & Associates, but retained an economic interest in the mine (including quarterly royalty payments on the gold production from the mine).
On May 23, 2014, after two years of peaceful ...
... requests in 2014.
The documents released to date, though redacted, show that Canadian officials engaged on Goldcorp’s behalf with decision-makers in Guatemala and Washington after the Organization ...
... of Export Development Canada’s (EDC) services. The crown corporation has provided tens of billions of dollars — $28 billion in 2014 alone — in financing and insurance to the extractive sector, including ...
... to be developed, so that communities which resist and denounce transnationals like Glencore have protection mechanisms and an effective international path to access justice and reparations. In June 2014, ...
... before the mine opened would not increase.
The Sierra Club was the only environmental group to challenge a permit for the mine in 2014, ultimately succeeding in forcing the company to put up $10 million ...
... Honduran Congress cut 217 hectares from the core zone of the park from which construction was prohibited. On January 28, 2014, the first licence was granted to Emco Mining for their planned open-pit iron ...
... each ZEDE government. The CAMP is a 12 to 21-person body that was appointed by President Hernández and ratified by Congress in 2014. It is subject to little oversight and fills its own vacancies. According ...
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In 2014, the Association for Economic and Social Development (Asociación para el Desarrollo Económico y Social, ADES in its Spanish acronym), a community organization located in Cabañas, began promoting ...
... de Ministros, PCM in its Spanish acronym) recognize by means of a supreme decree the regional technical roundtable that has been operating in the country since 2014.
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... In April 2014, as talks to renew their agreements with Goldcorp reached an impasse, they held a 33-day strike. This time, the mine has been stopped for almost 80 days.
Carrizalillo is roughly half a ...
... to account,” said Dulce.
A group of scientists from Agham conducted an environmental investigation mission in 2014 in the mining community and found damages to forests, and air and water pollution linked ...
... as their leader and representative of the democratic opposition."
When the Islamic State arrived in Mosul in August 2014, Mgr Najeeb Michaeel, Archbishop of Mosul, ensured the evacuation of Christians, ...
... and despite this, they pressured the government to repress us. That’s exactly what happened on May 23, 2014 and how they managed to operate for two years,” remarks Álvaro Sandoval, member of the Peaceful ...
... are affected worldwide, " expressed Guadalupe Rodríguez, spokesperson for Salva la Selva.
Buena Vista copper mine, in the community of Cananea, in Sonora. In 2014, this mine caused an environmental ...
... countries in the world for defenders of human rights, the environment, and land rights.
The Inter-American Commission granted precautionary measures to farmers in Bajo Aguán in 2014, but the Honduran ...