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1. The Salvadorean State has a pending debt with land defenders criminalized by mining companies: (Mining and Human Rights); ... not only in El Salvador but also internationally." Through these commemorations, the inhabitants continue to demand justice for the debt that the Salvadoran State has with the relatives and communities ...; Created on 26 December 2019
2. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... valued at around $25 billion, while its debt is around $20 billion. “But still,” said University of Georgia professor Julio Sevilla, “you cannot really afford to make bad investments when your finances ...; Created on 06 April 2023
3. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Faced with the country's financial crisis, the current administration views metal mining as a potential source of income for a deeply indebted State, and it is widely known that the president maintains ...; Created on 14 December 2021
4. La Mesa releases a memoir of their collective struggle to ban mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... State to implement the law. In particular, the report points to a government´s debt with communities affected by mining: they still face the impacts of acid drainage in abandoned mines, there has not been ...; Created on 29 June 2021
5. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... debt instruments by Mexican courts, the alleged taking of certain tourism facilities in Tulum and a dispute relating to the treatment of a satellite services provider Additionally, Mexico risks facing ...; Created on 21 January 2021
6. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); ... some countries had already become highly indebted to pay awards to corporations. In 2019, Pakistan was ordered to pay $5 billion in an arbitration case over a gold and copper mine. This is almost as ...; Created on 23 July 2020
7. Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... possible to have El Salvador as the first country that prohibits metal mining on the planet. It was an important achievement. But we still have pending debts at the level of justice in El Salvador and ...; Created on 15 July 2020
8. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... zinc, and silver. The government has also made it especially easy to invest. The 1995 Mining Act, which caters to foreign mining investors, was introduced as the country was grappling with national debt ...; Created on 04 October 2019
9. National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining demands justice in the case of murdered environmentalists: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... case represents an eight years debt to the community and authorities must be reminded that people do not forget and that we demand that each of the facts of the three cases be clarified". He also indicated ...; Created on 01 February 2018
10. PRESS RELEASE: OceanaGold, “the gold mining company of choice”? Not in El Salvador or the Philippines: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... up by late March, the tribunal ordered the company to pay interest on its debt. Nonetheless, the debt remains outstanding. Days later in March, emboldened by the tribunal’s decision, the Salvadoran ...; Created on 23 June 2017
11. NEW BOOK: Rethinking Bilateral Trade Agreements: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... on sovereign debt restructuring, the extractive industry, intellectual property rights and human rights. It is very rare to find contributions by authors from such diverse backgrounds in a single publication. ...; Created on 11 May 2016
12. ADES demands further investigation into the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Mining and Human Rights); ... these murders have not been clarified; the Attorney General has a debt with the families of the victims, and if can not fulfil its duties, he should resign" she argued. The practice of death threats ...; Created on 12 July 2015
13. The water issue is thorny for the right wing in El Salvador: Interview with Lourdes Palacios: (Mining and Human Rights); Gloria Silvia Orellana Translated from: http://nuevaweb.diariocolatino.com/para-el-partido-arena-el-tema-del-agua-es-espinoso-diputada-lourdes-palacios/ The Environment Commission has had slow pace ...; Created on 23 January 2015
14. Carta abierta al Banco Mundial: (World Bank Letter); ... GMB Trade Union(England) IGLA -Information Group on Latin America (Austria) International Association of Health Policy in Europe(Greece) Jubilee Debt Campaign(England) Kaffeekampagne El Salvador(Denmark) ...; Created on 17 December 2013
15. World Bank Endorsers: (World Bank Letter); ... Europe(Greece) Jubilee Debt Campaign(England) Kaffeekampagne El Salvador(Denmark) KRUHA Indonesia(Indonesia) Latin American Mining Monitoring Programme(England) Misioneras de la Institución Claretiana(Spain) ...; Created on 11 December 2013
16. Why a Speaking Tour in Australia: (Water no Gold); ... such agreements as part of debt service packages and other forms of pressure applied by international lending institutions such as the World Bank and the IMF. As such La Mesa has worked with international ...; Created on 06 November 2013
17. Mining Ambition Impedes Environmental Justice: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... environment would exceed the multi-million debt that the country currently faces in the lawsuit filed by Pacific Rim. By Ivannia Serrano Translated by Jan Morrill Original in Spanish The last ...; Created on 18 July 2012
18. The Modern Gold Rush: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the first time in history. This unprecedented spike in gold prices has come in the midst of the U.S. debt crisis and the financial turmoil sweeping over Europe. Although prices have tempered since then, ...; Created on 29 February 2012
19. World Bank Letter: (World Bank Letter); ... for Central America(England) GMB Trade Union(England) IGLA -Information Group on Latin America (Austria) International Association of Health Policy in Europe(Greece) Jubilee Debt Campaign(England) ...; Created on 29 November -0001

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