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1. Water Forum of El Salvador Opposes the Government's Mining Suspensio: (2013 North America Tour); Water Forum of El Salvador Opposes the Government's Mining Suspension Today, sitting beneath banners that read “For sustainability and the Right to Water” the Water Form of El Salvador held a press ...; Created on 22 August 2012
2. Anglo American files lawsuit against Colombia: (ISDS); ... with the World Bank's International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). The director of the government's legal defense agency, Camilo Gomez, told Argus that the state made a strong attempt ...; Created on 08 June 2021
3. Philippines' Duterte lifts ban on new mining deals: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... had been tapped. He said the mining industry could bring "significant economic benefits to the country" by supporting the government's "Build, Build, Build" infrastructure programme and creating jobs. The ...; Created on 05 May 2021
4. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... Director of the Association of Participatory Broadcasting of El Salvador (ARPAS), Leonel Herrera, denounced the U.S. government's influence in El Salvador’s policy decisions, including regarding the recent ...; Created on 01 December 2020
5. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands: (Regional News); ... was never an echo of concern from past governments. Water has not yet ended up serving the entire Salvadoran population.” What is the source of the Salvadoran water problem? Access to water is not legally ...; Created on 11 September 2020
6. The Honduran government intensifies persecution against defenders of the Guapinol River: (Regional News); ... a regional pattern of political persecution, where the governments of Central America´s CA4 region (Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador) are utilizing confinement measures, in the context of ...; Created on 20 August 2020
7. The state of Siege in Izabal and Alta Verapaz: shelters, poppies, and the fear of repression: (Regional News); ... department of Alta Verapaz. The government's justification for decreeing the state of Siege is that the presence of organized crime groups carrying out illicit activities such as drug trafficking, illegal ...; Created on 22 July 2020
8. Getting the shaft on mining abuses: (Background and reports ); ... and the use of slave labour. Yet there are rarely any consequences for companies where they are headquartered and allowed to raise most of their money – namely, in Canada.Successive Canadian governments ...; Created on 05 May 2019
9. The fight for the environment in El Salvador gets recognition in Los Angeles: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... prohibiting metal mining in the country. However, the fight continues. "The company is still present in our department, despite the government's decision. It is a very serious situation for us that we ...; Created on 14 November 2017
10. Municipality of San Jose Las Flores declared the first territory free of mining in El Salvador: (Territories Free of Mining); ... they threatened to bring the army, we answered that we had experienced twelve years of war and we were not afraid.” The presence of Au Martinique led local governments affected by the project to join ...; Created on 24 September 2014
11. CALL FOR SUPPORT: International month of action against Canadian/Australian miner OceanaGold: (International Month of Action); ... potentially negative outcome of the suit, could deteriorate the government's capacity to prevent further migrations, curb the chronic insecurity in the country and implement policies for sustainable economic ...; Created on 04 September 2014
12. Take Action to Support El Salvador’s Human Right to Water: (2013 International Support for Mining Ban); ... Rim, of which you are the President of the Board of Directors, on the national sovereignty of the Republic of El Salvador. Pacific Rim has refused to respect the Salvadoran government's decision to deny ...; Created on 11 October 2012
13. Mining Firm Doubles Up On Law Firms in Quest for Pot of Gold: (FTAs & ISDS); ... more than $77 million in compensation over the government's denial of a permit for a gold mining project. The government acted in response to strong public concerns that the project could contaminate a ...; Created on 05 July 2012
14. Pacific Rim: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... filed arbitration in the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), an arbitration mechanism of the World Bank based in Washington D.C. Pacific Rim claims the Salvadoran government' ...; Created on 31 December 2010
15. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands: (Regional News); ... of concern from past governments. Water has not yet ended up serving the entire Salvadoran population.” What is the source of the Salvadoran water problem? Access to water is not legally recognized as ...; Created on 11 September 2020

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