Aldo Orellana Lopez
Terra Justa
We supported allies DHUMA to submit questions about Anglo American's Peruvian operations to their online AGM in May 2020. Their responses left much to be desired.
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Political Candidates Answer to Anti-Mining Activists in San Salvador and Cabañas
March 2012
Monday March 5, the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining in El Salvador (The Mesa in Spanish) together ...
... with the presence of mining projects that would affect the natural resources in their territory, and the answer of the people was a resounding no.
Asuncion Mita is the capital of the eastern department ...
... were acknowledged nor answered during the AGM. After President and CEO of Pan American Silver, Michael Steinmann, answered three other shareholders’ questions, Vice President of Investor Relations, Siren ...
... is stacked against them?
In The Water Defenders, Robin Broad and John Cavanagh seek answers to that dilemma.
The book chronicles the improbable victory of grassroots activists in El Salvador who ...
... was doing in relation to business and human rights”. Obtaining no answers, it was decided to promote an initiative which, through “due diligence” measures, forces Swiss companies to identify, prevent and ...
... also achieved something unprecedented, something remarkable: a national ban on metals mining. What then does the term “ordinary” do here?
The answer lies, I think, in asides that Broad and Cavanagh make, ...
... one of the most important parts is saving, as she no longer spends money on buying vegetables, basic grains and legumes. When asked what do you buy with the money saved she answers: “Medicine. My mother ...
... spokespeople to find out more information about the new tunnel in Waihi, but she wasn’t given clear answers, she said. “They said they’d reach back out in four days,” Peachey said, seven days after her ...
... saying, “I have no doubt that he is the right person for this new challenge and we are pleased that he will collaborate with the government,” to which Rubén Alemán answered via his Twitter account, “Thank ...
... the fight all these years has not been easy: “It’s been ten years and it’s been very sad, but when I ask myself if it was worth it that my dad gave his life for so many people, the answer is yes. It’s ...
... could offer support, including amnesty, if dangers escalated.
The answer to both requests was no, and according to Coumans, the diplomat they spoke with said he wouldn’t issue a public statement because ...
... area," González explained.
He even said that as a group they have sought answers from legislators, especially on whether Bluestone should request all permits to operate, including the preparation of ...
... they threatened to bring the army, we answered that we had experienced twelve years of war and we were not afraid.” He said.
The presence of Au Martinique led local governments affected by the project ...
... Rim, or rather OceanaGold, has bought public officials and politicians, Alejandro tells us. In those places where resistance emerged, terror was the answer. “They killed three of our activists”. One of ...
... we made during the election campaign for city council and now we are giving an answer to the population that has expressed through organized communities and the Consulta Steering Committee that this ...
... threatened to go to waste.
What can you do now?
We solicited a meeting with the Legislative Commission Constitutional Amendments - still unanswered - but we are insisting, we want to strongly advocate ...
... answer to the popular protests and demonstrations.
McCrum told BBC Mundo: “Im March 2008 the then president of El Salvador declared in the media that there would be no more metallic mining in the country. ...
... her where they take good water from. She answers that some can afford to buy drinkable water, but all the others take it from that very faucet that holds the warning sign. Fear overwhelms me: fear for ...
... they threatened to bring the army, we answered that we had experienced twelve years of war and we were not afraid.”
The presence of Au Martinique led local governments affected by the project to join ...