... aid and relief organization Oxfam America praised the ten members of Congress who urged the National Assembly of El Salvador to take immediate action to protect the environment and local communities from ...
... aid and relief organization Oxfam America praised the ten members of Congress who urged the National Assembly of El Salvador to take immediate action to protect the environment and local communities from ...
... her home before violently snatching her belongings and taking all documentation and identification she was carrying. It is not the first time violence occurs against our members. In the past, men and ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - APRIL 04, 2013
Canadian mining company Pacific Rim has announced it will increase to US $315 million its demand against the Salvadoran Government for failing to grant a license ...
... economic, legal and environmental aspects"
According to MARN, “El Salvador recently joined this Forum, which includes 78 countries around the world and which provides a series of services to its members, ...
... of over 50 countries promoting mining called the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Metals and Sustainable Development and based in Ottawa, Canada. Two participants in the Forum, and members of the board ...
... bridge the active participation of members of the MNFM in the presentation of an Amicus Curiae at the ICSID and in numerous international solidarity actions across the world. When the struggle took a violent ...
... police actions to defend the company’s interests and repress community members. Just a couple of weeks ago, police put on an intimidating show of force on behalf of KCA, a reminder of the strong government ...
... numerous health hazards for community members. At some point, the Commission on Human Rights stated that the demolition of the houses of the community members to make way for mining consisted of human ...
... (MARN), Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM), Presidential Commission for Dialogue, the University of San Carlos of Guatemala (USAC), members of Community Development Councils (COCODES) and the Municipal ...
Guatemala Solidarity
Kevo Dell
The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya (La Resistencia Pacifica La Puya) published the above announcement regarding the encroachment of members of the National Police into ...
... Convention 169.
Even after the eviction in 2014 and the court ruling in 2016, members of La Puya continued a 24-hour presence in opposition to the mine.
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Prensa Comunitaria ...
... its involvement in the Navidad project given clear and unwavering social opposition in Chubut.
Rising tensions and violence against community members is also a concern at the company’s suspended Escobal ...
... rights abuses and environmental devastation. But they are up against a very powerful lobbying group and a government with very little will to transform the industry.
In 2010, a private members bill was ...
Counterpunch
Jen Moore
In the wake of a shooting attack, death threats, and fear of further violence against members of the peaceful resistance to Pan American Silver’s Escobal silver mine in Guatemala, ...
... road to the mine. In response, community members in Tocoa, including Morazán, established the Municipal Committee for the Defence of Public and Common Goods to campaign against the dispossession of natural ...
... the authors write, Canadian gold-mining company Pacific Rim and its allies deployed sleazy tactics to overwhelm opposition and win a license to mine. Astroturf protesters were paid to pose as members of ...
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OceanaGold’s private security force also used violence against community members. The commission also found that the company had erected fences and checkpoints on roads used by locals, as well as using ...
... him, stopping the landfill but not the 70,000 hogs.
Brothers Marcelo and Miguel Rivera, Broad and Cavanagh write, were key members of that opposition. They founded the first library and culture center ...
... Rivera and three other defenders were brutally assassinated. But Marcelo’s brother Miguel, their friend Vidalina Morales, and the members of La Mesa never gave up. They linked up with international allies ...