... of those who cast ballots voted against metal mining projects and only 10.63% expressed were in favor. The Commission is made up of representatives of the municipal government of Asunción Mita, the Catholic ...
... urban projects should be considered as industrial and commercial projects, due to their lucrative purpose, as such they should be expressly regulated so that their permits are not prioritized as priority ...
Counterpunch
Jen Moore
In the wake of a shooting attack, death threats, and fear of further violence against members of the peaceful resistance to Pan American Silver’s Escobal silver mine in Guatemala, ...
... migration, contraband, among others, has been detected in the aforementioned municipalities. As expressed in the press release from the government of Alejandro Giammattei, “the actions of these organized ...
San Salvador, February 6th, 2020
The different sectors of civil society and the popular organizations hereby represented recognize water as a source of life and a public good, whose access constitutes ...
Social movements say: no to the privatization of water in El Salvador
We want to express our deep rejection of the "Integral Water Law" proposal presented in mid-June by the National Association of Private ...
PRESS RELEASE
June 23, 2017
(Ottawa/Washington, D.C./Melbourne) Reviewing OceanaGold reports issued in the lead up to its June 23 annual general shareholders meeting in Toronto, it is difficult to ...
... as a “kangaroo court” favoring the interests of corporations over states and Indigenous communities and environmental groups.
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Republished from: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Pressure-Grows-on-Mining-Giant-to-Pay-8-Million-to-El-Salvador-20170221-0017.html ...
By Sebastian Rosemont - Photo: Genia Yatsenko
Pressure continues to mount on Salvadoran legislators to ban metal mining in El Salvador. On February 7th, mayors from the Department of Chalatenango, accompanied ...
PRESS RELEASE / DEC. 06, 2016
On December 14, it will be 2 months since an ICSID Tribunal issued the arbitration award condemning Pacific Rim / Oceana Gold to pay the Salvadoran State $8 million US ...
... new mining projects despite heavy pressure from the mining company. They expressed disgust that El Salvador had to pay over $12 million to fund its defense in a case where the mining company never fulfilled ...
RELEASE THE VERDICT NOW!
On Friday October 7th, on the eve of the World Bank’s fall meeting, people around the world will demand that a tribunal of the World Bank Group’s International Centre for Settlement ...
Press release:
On September 15, 2016 an ICSID Tribunal closed the arbitration proceedings in the case that Pacific Rim/OceanaGold began on June 15, 2009 (over 7 years ago) against the government of ...
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(Ottawa/Washington/Melbourne) A new study finds that OceanaGold’s attempt to rebrand its proposed gold mine in El Salvador through the use of a company-sponsored foundation ...
by: P. Cabezas
As the February 2nd presidential elections in El Salvador quickly approach, environmental activists are stepping up pressure on candidates to address issues relating to the country`s precarious ...
... pressure on OceanaGold to withdraw its lawsuit against El Salvador and to build a stronger support base in Australia, a representative from La Mesa will tour Australia in mid-November.
Vidalina Morales, ...
... Mining, denounce the attempted murder against Mr. Alejandro Guevara Velasco from La Maraña Environmental Association in the department of Cabañas. We would like to express our deepest solidarity with Mr. ...
Given the socio-environmental crisis in the country, we demand the Legislature discuss and approve the proposed Special Law to Ban Metallic Mining
In 2006, we presented to the Legislative Assembly a ...
Because mining endangers life, the Salvadoran government must ban metallic mining.
In 2006 the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining in El Salvador introduced a bill to regulate mining activity ...
Public Private Partnerships open the possibility of mining in El Salvador
We are concerned that the PPP law opens the door for approval of mining projects in the northern region of the country. ...