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1. Letter Submitted to the Legislature to Demand the Return of the Proposed Law Banning Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); *Karen Rivas: Pax Noticias “We have presented bill proposals since 2006 focused on the the ban of metal mining,” stated a representative of the Mesa Nacional Frente a la Mineria (National Roundtable Against ...; Created on 10 February 2017
2. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation: (Cerro Blanco); ... suffer the worst consequences. At Cerro Blanco, the company has proposed a filtered tailings storage facility will be built in dangerous proximity to communities that would be banned in many countries ...; Created on 22 September 2022
3. PRESS RELESE: Environmental Organizations Dennounce Privatization of Water in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... to deny citizen participation by not recognizing the territorial watershed committee structure proposed by social organizations. This Law is generic as it does not try to resolve the crisis situation ...; Created on 23 December 2021
4. The law on the right to water reaches Parliament, "people's lives are at stake" warns Cardinal Rosa Chav: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... the project proposed by the Church and organizations was left aside "irresponsible". (see Fides, 24/2/2021) to which only the signature was missing. "If the law is not as we think it should be, the struggle ...; Created on 15 June 2021
5. Green group supports ban on open-pit mining, protection of 'no mining zones: (OceanaGold Philippines); PHILSTAR Gaea Katreena Cabico An environmental activist group voiced its support for proposed measures declaring areas “no mining zones” and banning the open pit method of mining in the Philippines, ...; Created on 27 May 2021
6. Human Rights Advocates and Legal Experts Deliver Blueprint for New International Corporate Accountability Law in Canada: (Mining and Human Rights); ... help respond to the widespread and egregious abuses linked to Canadian companies including forced labour, sexual violence, and murder.” Under the CNCA’s proposed law, if a company causes harm or fails ...; Created on 21 May 2021
7. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the nationwide mining ban proposed by the water defenders and introduced by their partner in the ARENA party sailed through El Salvador’s Congress by a vote of 70 to 0. In the end, the water defenders’ ...; Created on 23 April 2021
8. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... that ban in The Water Defenders (Beacon Press, 2021). Broad and Cavanagh spent over a decade collaborating with the international solidarity movement supporting the Salvadorans’ fight against a proposed ...; Created on 11 April 2021
9. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... The Haile Gold Mine, the subject of a hearing Thursday night about the proposed expansion, is seeking to dig up more land and process more of the precious metal as the price of gold has risen. The expansion ...; Created on 30 March 2021
10. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... destroyed one of the country’s largest salmon fisheries. In Arizona, activists successfully pressured the Biden administration to more carefully evaluate a proposed giant, water-depleting copper mine on ...; Created on 28 March 2021
11. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... economist Paul Romer, currently disassociated from the project, and Honduran politicians from the National Party proposed the zones shortly after the 2009 military coup, which made the country a ripe location ...; Created on 15 February 2021
12. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... Likewise, in April Mexico and the EU released a draft text of the upcoming EU-Mexico Free Trade Agreement, including its proposed Investment chapter (including ISDS provisions). There are various innovations ...; Created on 19 December 2020
13. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); ... their residents now have to worry about investor lawsuits. In Peru, for example, where families are clogging the roads as they flee the country’s crowded cities in fear of the virus, a proposed emergency ...; Created on 23 July 2020
14. Lack of a Water Law prolongs the historical crisis in the country: (Regional News); ... Batres -president of the Environment Commission- proposed a roadmap. With this guideline, in a period of 33 weeks, the Water Law could be discussed and, by August of this year, people would have a water ...; Created on 17 June 2020
15. Civil society presents a proposal for the Water Law in the Legislative Assembly: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... and rural communities who experience a permanent violation of the human right to water. Social organizations insist that the private management of water resources, proposed by pro business political ...; Created on 20 April 2020
16. Honouring the struggle of Mariano Abarca and Environment Defenders in Chiapas: (Regional News); ... yes because I can see many people here who see things differently and who are doing things differently.” Ten years since Mariano was murdered, there are even more proposed mega-projects in Chiapas, more ...; Created on 26 December 2019
17. Central American antimining activists gather in El Salvador to discuss joint strategies for action: (Media Releases); ... from Peru, Bolivia and Haiti shared their perspectives on the constant mobilization for the defense of natural goods and proposed strategies for extending long term collaborations with antimining coalitions ...; Created on 05 May 2019
18. The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya fights for the right to water: (Regional News); ... be the clearest way to convey the narrative of this struggle: 2010 -- Exploraciones Mineras de Guatemala S.A (Exmingua) presents its environmental impact assessment for the proposed mine to the Guatemalan ...; Created on 03 May 2019
19. Criminalisation brought to new extremes in case of Aymara indigenous communities in Peru: (Regional News); ... Puno region in 2011 against the proposed Santa Ana mine - an open-pit mining project located near the border with Bolivia. The project was owned by the Canadian mining company Bear Creek and plans were ...; Created on 28 August 2018
20. From Mining to Water: 25 years of Community Solidarity and Organizing: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... gold mining company (first Pacific Rim, then Oceana Gold) that threatened to contaminate the country’s water resources. ADES and Radio Victoria accompanied local communities to protest the proposed El ...; Created on 24 August 2018

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