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1. Demand to resume discussion of the Water Law in El Salvador: (Regional News); Telesur On Wednesday, July 1st, the National Alliance against the Privatization of Water of El Salvador urged the local Parliament to resume discussion of the Water Law. The organizations that make ...; Created on 03 July 2020
2. Central American antimining activists gather in El Salvador to discuss joint strategies for action: (Media Releases); P. Cabezas Yolanda Flores, DHUMA: more than 80% of the Peruvian territory has been concessioned to mining activity. Photo: ACAFREMINSan Salvador - Representatives of indigenous communities, social ...; Created on 05 May 2019
3. The law on the right to water reaches Parliament, "people's lives are at stake" warns Cardinal Rosa Chav: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... have water as a fundamental human right", underlined the Cardinal. In recent days, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced that the issue of water will be discussed in the Legislative Assembly and ...; Created on 15 June 2021
4. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Harris is traveling to Guatemala this week to discuss solutions to the poverty, violence, and corruption that are among the driving forces of migration. Contributing to these drivers are neoliberal arrangements, ...; Created on 07 June 2021
5. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... to dispute or uncertainty: cash is really it,’’ said Guild, a Sierra Club lawyer who has been in discussions about the mine expansion with lawyers for OceanaGold. Haile has proposed to add about $16 ...; Created on 30 March 2021
6. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the official site of the Published Internal Rules of the Próspera ZEDE. While the ZEDE law, passed in 2013, has been analyzed elsewhere, here we will discuss the form of government this group of investors ...; Created on 15 February 2021
7. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... existing case law on the role of arbitral tribunals in gathering evidence and the standard used to prove acts of corruption. Last but not least, we expect to see a number of cases and post discussing ways ...; Created on 19 December 2020
8. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... who dares to defend the public and common goods of Honduras.” [Want to discuss politics with other America readers? Join our Facebook discussion group, moderated by America’s writers and editors.] According ...; Created on 25 September 2020
9. Status of the National Alliance against the Privatization of Water: (Regional News); ... we see with concern that in the more than 100 days since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, the Legislative Commission for the Environment and Climate Change has not met in order to resume the discussion ...; Created on 03 July 2020
10. Webinar on Extractivism, Human Rights and ISDS: Hard Law vs Soft Law: (Mining and Human Rights); ... El Salvador). With reference to particular examples in Latin America they discussed arbitration suits (Investor State Dispute Settlement) which have been brought by extractive industries in relation to ...; Created on 28 June 2020
11. 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
12. World Environment Day with nothing to celebrate: (Regional News); ... it has been recommended to the Legislative Assembly the recognition of the human right to water, the ratification of the Escazú Agreement, and the resumption of the discussion of the Food Sovereignty Law. ...; Created on 06 June 2020
13. PRESS RELEASE: Citizen´s proposal for a general water law in El Salvador: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... dramatic water crisis in El Salvador, in terms of equal access of quality and quantity, is widely recognized and scientifically documented. However, the lack of progress in the discussion on a General ...; Created on 20 April 2020
14. Civil society presents a proposal for the Water Law in the Legislative Assembly: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... Palace to resume the debate on the preliminary draft. The Commission has now started the discussion of the new bill and to date, seven articles have already been approved. The commission’s president, ...; Created on 20 April 2020
15. Environmentalists Denounce that Central American governments favor mining companies and criminalize activists: (Regional News); ... Pedro Cabezas, coordinator of ACAFREMIN, explained that the purpose of the event is to discuss the criminalization faced by environmental defenders and organizations, to analyze the actions of governments that facilitate mining operations, and ...; Created on 26 December 2019
16. National Alliance Against the Privatization of Water “Water is not for sale, we care for it and defend it: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... Of members of the Legislative Assembly, to discuss and approve the General Water Law, which guarantees water as a human right and make sure that the regulatory body that is created be a public body. Of ...; Created on 26 September 2019
17. National Roundtable against Metal Mining demands president Nayib Bukele to order the implementation of the Metal Mining Ban: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Metal Mining» they added. Finally, they asked the Executive government to play a leading role in the discussion of the General Water Law and to veto any initiative that leads to privatization. ------------------ ...; Created on 16 September 2019
18. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it: (FTAs & ISDS); ... that has a central role in designing ISDS rules, third-party funding was one of several key issues under discussion. This comes several months after the International Centre for Settlement of Investment ...; Created on 05 May 2019
19. Water 2.0 - Salvadoreans take to the streets to battle renewed attempts to privatize water resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... prohibition approved in March 2016 and to shelve all pending requests related to the mining file, at the same time, the Environment and Climate Change Commission, ECCC, moved to reopen a long overdue discussion ...; Created on 24 June 2018
20. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... buy it. They consulted with environmental organizations and took courses, then broadcast what they learned, using simple language. They invited people impacted by mines onto the radio to discuss their ...; Created on 07 May 2018

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