Raul Moreno, 2005, Brot Foundation
The privatization of water in El Salvador would raise tariffs, have drastic effects on the quality of water, prevent the conservation of the resource, and would make ...
... relies on other financial mechanisms. Such mechanisms often include insurance.
OceanaGold, which acquired the South Carolina mine from Romarco Minerals, has mines around the world. Though gold prices ...
... Marco Werman spoke with attorney Luis Parada, who led El Salvador’s defense team in a mining lawsuit at the World Bank, and Robin Broad, a co-author of the book, "The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People ...
... Antonio López, Carlos Leonel George, Reynaldo Domínguez, José Adalí Cedillo Mendoza, and Marco Tulio Ramos.
The court also ordered the formal prosecution of the accused along with 8 other defenders ...
... issued. Now, five highly-regarded defenders, Juan López, Leonel George, Reynaldo Domínguez, Marco Tulio Ramon, and José Cedillo, will also face the aggravated arson and unjust detention charges. "At no ...
... to Cidia Cortés, former ANDA president Marco Fortín was aware of the possible effects of the Cerro Blanco mine on the water supply, but did not give adequate importance to the issue. Only the Office of ...
... accrued during Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorship and a decrease in mining operations in the early 1990s. The act also reflected the pursuit of rapid privatization and free market economies encouraged by the ...
... a tiny amount when it is compared to other mining projects owned by Canadian firms, such as Goldcorp’s Marlin mine in San Marcos, or Tahoe Resources’ El Escobal Mine in San Rafael las Flores. In the first ...
... arbitration undermines democracy in El Salvador and around the world,” says Marcos Orellana of the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL). “Regardless of the outcome, the arbitration has had ...
... which only transnational companies, their shareholders, and buyers of the cheap raw material in the industrialized nations profit”, Marcos Orellana says. A lawyer who works for the Centre for International ...
By: Oscar López -CoLatino / Translated by: Marco Melloni
People of different communities in the San Isidro municipality, region of Cabañas, manifested their opposition to a metal mining project in the ...
... promote a simple strategy that could save the public billions of dollars.
Yanira Cortez, Deputy Attorney for the Environment for El Salvador's Human Rights Ombudsperson's Office and Marcos Gálvez, President ...
... environmental protections.”
Since May 11, Cortez and Marcos Gálvez, President of the Association for the Development of El Salvador, have been sharing how their country’s sovereign decision to halt ...
... mining corporation which has sued the Central American country for 301 million dollars for denying an operating permit.
Cortez and Marcos Galvez, president of the Salvadoran NGO CRIPDES will visit Montreal, ...
... at the World Bank could release its decision on the suit any day.
From May 11 to 15, Yanira Cortez, Deputy Attorney for the Environment for El Salvador’s Human Rights Prosecutor’s Office and Marcos Gálvez, ...
... tell us that more than 10 municipalities are directly affected by proposed mining projects in the department Chalatenango” states Marcos Galvez, president of CRIDPES, a local community development organization ...
... that is why we are starting to work with local governments to help them exercise their constitutional mandate to enhance democratic decision making mechanisms on issues of local concern” explained Marcos ...
... podría pagar más 300 millones de dólares por impedir que la empresa Pacific Rim, haga explotación minera en El Salvador. Diario La Gaceta: Marcos Gálvez: “Deben saber que al país solo le dejan (las empresas ...
... encuentra revisando el caso en donde el estado salvadoreño podría pagar más 300 millones de dólares por impedir que la empresa Pacific Rim, haga explotación minera en El Salvador.
Marcos Gálvez, representante ...
... to enhance democratic decision making mechanisms on issues of local concern” explained Marcos Galvez president of CRIPDES and member of La Mesa.
San Jose las Flores will not be the only municipality ...