Gloria Silvia Orellana - Diario Co Latino
In El Salvador, the commemoration of “World Environment Day” of 2020 is marked by the ravages that the tropical storms Amanda and Cristobál have brought on ...
UNHRC moves away from voluntary standards and towards a binding treaty to prevent transnationalcorporations human rights violations
Twenty country members of the United Nations Human Rights Council, ...
Thousands of people hailing from different regions of El Salvador marched through San Salvador this morning to urge the government to stop metallic mining and to approve legislation to protect water in ...
ADES and MUFRAS 32 and the communities of Cabañas celebrate the IV Festival for the Human Right to a Healthy Environment
By, Héctor Berrios
On September 15, 2012 women, men, young people and children ...
... the world and was celebrated as a landmark step for environmental policy.
But in recent years, President Nayib Bukele’s government has taken some steps that suggest it’s reconsidering its position on ...
International week of action to defend El Salvador´s mining ban and demand the release of the five Water Defenders of Santa Marta
As social organizations in El Salvador recently celebrated the sixth ...
*ANDRES MCKINLEY - El Faro
On March 29, 2017, the Salvadoran population celebrated with joy, hope and pride the approval of a law prohibiting metallic mining in all of its forms at the national level. ...
... election of the new president of the Inter-American Development Bank (BID), in which Bukele “supported and celebrated” the election of U.S. nominee Mauricio Claver-Carone, breaking a 60 year continental, ...
... whose parents may not have been supporters of the anti-mining resistance, but who now celebrate his legacy in San Isidro, particularly the building of Cultural Community House that is one of the first ...
... mining companies suing over projects that people have managed to halt through direct action and in the courts.
This month, in Guatemala, the Peaceful Resistance “La Puya” celebrates eight years of struggle ...
... from Otros Mundos Chiapas in his opening remarks. “That painful moment has become the wind that gives us strength... What better way to celebrate his life as part of social movements, than by honoring ...
... unleashed by Pacific Rim Mining in 2009. During this event, dozens of men and women attended to celebrate the legacy of the leaders who led the struggle against mining companies in the country, and paid ...
... America and Caribbean since 1976. “IPS has hosts the Letelier-Moffitt Awards to honor our fallen colleagues, Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt, and celebrate new champions of the human rights movement”, ...
... no longer apply to Canada, and only a limited version will remain in place between the U.S. and Mexico.
The overdue removal of ISDS from NAFTA is rightfully being celebrated by Canadians. Even Canada’s ...
... similar reasons in the past,” stated Carla García Zendejas from the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL). In March of this year, the peaceful resistance ‘La Puya’ celebrated the seventh ...
by J. Alejandro Artiga-Purcell * - SHARE
Cabañas, El Salvador – This Saturday, in Victoria, Cabañas, over 900 people gathered in the blazing hot plaza to celebrate Radio Victoria and the Social Economic ...
... all party support in March 2018, was celebrated around the world as a victory of small country that chose to protect the health of its people over the interest of large multinational corporations. But ...
... Sensuntepeque, Cabañas. A Holy Mass was celebrated, followed by a political act to commemorate the life and struggle of environmentalists, murdered for opposing the El Dorado mining project owned first ...
... opening time. Cartagena and many others celebrated when the results were announced. Over 98 percent of Cinquerans voted “NO” to mining.
A month later, a total ban on metal mining became law.
From the ...
... and more urgent than ever, we not only need to celebrate the victories that involve genuine international solidarity, we need to learn from them.
We sat down with five (of the many) people that have been ...