Salvadorans in Solidarity with Panama
On Friday, February 10th, as the clashes between the government of Panama and indigenous groups facing hydo-electric dams and mining projects on their territory ...
... the center of ISDS cases involving the mining sector in the region.
In addition to Guatemala, mining companies have sued Panamá, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia over regulatory decisions to revoke operating ...
... in Panama, Nucor executives joined the board of directors of the Panamanian company NE Holdings Subsidiary in March 2015, and later joined a second Panamanian company, NE Holdings, in August 2016. The ...
... acts of provocation acts by a paramilitary group commanded by Santos Marcelo Torres that operates in the area of the community of Panama and the Paso Aguán farm. These incidents include death threats, ...
... small sample of operating mines. Lack of testing, as well as limited public reporting and oversight, mean actual numbers could be far higher.
In Panama, First Quantum Minerals continued operations at ...
... Japan; Chatham Rock Phosphate, in New Zealand, where a project similar to the Mexican one has been suspended since 2015. And Oceanica Resources, based in Panama.
Through the subsidiary Exploraciones ...
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Central America is a region of great social deprivation, with a population of 48 million inhabitants and an area of 524,000 square kilometers, also made up of Belize, Costa Rica and Panama.
It is also ...
... Rica
Colectivo Madreselva (GUATEMALA)
Colectivo Voces Ecológicas COVEC(PANAMA)
Comaletzin, A. C.(MEXICO)
COMISION ECUMENICA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS (ECUADOR)
Comité Ambiental en Defensa de la Vida ...
... ratified by 22 countries, including all countries in Central America except El Salvador and Panama.
Article 6 of the Convention establishes that governments shall “consult the peoples concerned, through ...
... years has won restrictions on mining in Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and the Philippines, among other countries.16 The second is the movement to reform the biased investor-state dispute settlement ...
... el Derecho al Agua, Mexico
Colectivo MadreSelva, Guatemala
Colectivo Voces Ecológicas, COVEC, Panama
Colectivo Tajtolmej Taltipak A.C., Mexico
Comision Nacional en Defensa del Agua y la Vida - CNDAV, ...
... Salvador), La Vanguardia (Spain), News.com.au (Australia), Terra (Spain)
Agencia EFE (Spain): El Salvador gana a la minera Pacific Rim un pleito de 250 millones de dólares, Terra (Spain), TVN Noticias (Panama) ...
... of Hesse. However, under the mountains of the Central American Cordillera, ranging from Mexico to Panama, lay large amounts of natural resources, which have been targeted by international mining companies. ...
... the distance - it is the Central American Cordillera, which stretches from Mexico to Panama, and under which lies much gold.
"We do not want any new blood-suckers to come here and destroy this landscape", ...
... industry in the region, specifically Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Honduras and Ecuador. Speakers shared examples of their countries unique cases with mining, the impacts and resistance to it. Also some ...
... and emails made to the Pacific Rim headquarters, organizations from across the hemisphere sent statements of solidarity and greetings to El Salvador. Organizations and individuals in Panama, Washington ...
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The Mining Justice Alliance of Vancouver sent the following greeting, and the Center for Environmental Advocacy of Panama sent a solidarity statement that can be seen here.
To the people of Cabañas, ...
... Advisor-City of Newark, NJ
Lita
Trejo
USA
Salvadorean Comm Activist
Tania
Arosamena
Panama
Centro de Incidencia Ambiental
Omar
Martinez
USA
Latin American Working Group ...
... oppose metallic mining should be included in the debate because they understand the issue and know the terrible effects said industry has had on Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and even Costa Rica and Panama, ...
... Korea, Panama and Colombia.
Social organizations weren’t the only ones to weigh in on the matter. A similar letter was signed by 19 Congressional Representatives and reiterated the same main demands. ...