By Cory Greeless
At noon today, March 13, 2013, Vidalina Morales spoke to the Environmental Law Club of the University of Victoria, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
An audience of university ...
... talking about the territories being given to people who have money.
How does the ZEDE project affect the Garífuna people?
In recent years we have been facing such strong pressure. The “Ciudades Modelo”, ...
... company spoke about the benefits of mining, the local inhabitants thought their problems would be solved: "they (representatives of the company) went around in the communities to talk about the project ...
... located. Ejido members condemned their presence as an attempt by the company to provoke a confrontation rather than seek respectful talks.
More recently, the company’s CEO, Christian Milau, has attempted ...
... for the case of Punta Piedra, he disappeared. He was kidnapped. And six days later, we found him in a river, died, killed.
AMY GOODMAN: Can you talk about the years of violence that this Black Indigenous ...
... the presence of armed men stalking his home, and several robberies of farm animals by Mr. Cabrera, which constitute provocations and harassment. He has received credible information indicating that there ...
... hours north of Lima, has been blockading this project given their concerns over potential contamination of their water sources and impacts on their livelihoods as successful peach farmers. Earlier talks ...
... waned since the first validation. Semirara Mining Co., the biggest coal mining company in the country, is still not participating in EITI. Talk about the peak of government regulatory ineffectiveness. ...
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During the meeting, taking place in the municipality of Ataco, Ahuachapán, attendees shared experiences with anti-mining activists of Peru who talked about the struggles, policies, social and environmental ...
... incurred along the way, including the unresolved assassinations of four anti-mining activists in 2009. Morales reminded those present that “We cannot talk about the 25th anniversary of Radio Victoria and ...
... all 92 articles negotiated by previous legislatures were dismissed. When talks re-initiated, the private sector proposal was taken as a new basis for discussion: eight articles were initially approved, ...
... His talk focused on the advances of corporate rights, which through legal instruments such as free trade and investments agreements are strengthening the power of multinational corporations – TNCs, and ...
... companies were prevented from entering the territory, and later, community members set up roadblocks and told the workers to leave."
"The mining officials came later to talk with ADESCO members, to tell ...
... on the Environment and Climate Change.
In 2013 ninety two articles of the proposed legislation were discussed and approved by the environment and climate change commission, but talks stalled by the end ...
... message gets stronger when his emotions are stirred, and they were stirred each time he began talking about OceanaGold in the Philippines. The governor, accompanied by his provincial commissioner for environmental ...
... was to get the community talking long before the vote. “We made sure there were workshops so that the people could learn what a model of extraction consists of, and why they might want a ban,” Belloso ...
... foundation from the Department of Cabanas had each been paid $7 plus a free lunch to attend. They were also directed not to talk to the press. Also on March 23, Luis Parada, the lawyer who led the defense ...
By Tanya Sahni & Erica Wallis
On February 28th, Amanda Grzyb, associate professor of Information and Media Studies at Canada’s Western University gave a talk as part of an ongoing public interest lecture ...
... the deterioration of the environment, the deterioration of ecosystems, biodiversity, water contamination… We are talking about nothing less than the life and dignity of the people,” he stated.
Another ...
... payment of the $ 8 million compensation imposed last October 14 by the International Center for Arbitration (ICSID) In Washington, but it has initiated talks with representatives of the Salvadoran government ...