By Armando Jacinto : TVES
On February 6th, the Catholic Church presented the Legislative Assembly a legislative proposal to prohibit metal mining in El Salvador.
Next Thursday, March 9th, the Catholic ...
... does not seek to strengthen the institutional framework of the MAG.
The Law denies citizen participation. This Law creates a bureaucratic, vertical and centralized institutional framework that continues ...
... 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 ...
... of Tocoa imprisoned for their participation in a peaceful protest against Los Pinares Members of the Municipal Committee in Defence of Common and Public Goods of Tocoa imprisoned for their participation ...
... in the reformed constitutional charter approved on July 26, 2019, is a highly corporatized model of governance with minimal opportunities for participation. A primary authority, the Technical Secretary ...
... lack of transparency and meaningful participation” of communities affected by the exploitation of natural resources.
The highest-profile victim was the indigenous defender Berta Cáceres, who was assassinated ...
... Martínez Díaz - are members of the Municipal Committee in Defense of Common and Public Goods of Tocoa. They are imprisoned for their participation in a peaceful protest camp against a mining company, whose ...
... right to water, the public management of this natural asset, the vision of the basin, citizen participation, and access universal to drinking water and sanitation.
The proposal was brought to the Legislative ...
... planning vision, citizen participation, and universal access to drinking water and sanitation.
On this day, the National Alliance against the Privatization of Water asked the deputies to urgently resume ...
... law. This new discussion allowed the participation of the organizations but limited their opportunity to express their opinions only in writing, not in person or orally. Then, the Environment Commission ...
... matters, citizen participation in environmental matters, legal and judicial protection in environmental matters, and their protection as environmental defenders,” Carlos Flores explained. Among the demands ...
... These organizations are known nationwide in their humanitarian work and participation in successful environmental campaigns such as on mining and climate justice.
These repressive acts perpetrated by ...
... proposal for the water management authority with a public nature
And, other articles of the 2012 MARN proposal where the principles of water as a common good and a human right, citizen participation and ...
... to discredit the idea of public management of water resources in order to justify their privatization.
"Water is a public resource. So, it must be managed by the State with the participation of the citizens. ...
... to LIBRE. During the town hall, only the statements of the members of the head table were heard and the participation of local citizens was ignored. Once the meeting was over, the mayor and the deputies ...
... role won’t work in practice because the ombudsperson cannot compel or summon corporations to participate in investigations, and all participation is voluntary.
Meyerhoffer has acknowledged this: When ...
... social mobilisations in Peru.
Although the crime for which Walter Aduviri was convicted was disturbing the peace, at the last minute the judges changed his alleged degree of participation in that crime. ...
... water management dominated by the private sector. In fact, no country in the world has the rectory of water in private hands.
Citizen participation: The growing water crisis in El Salvador is complex ...
... to avoid paying for exploiting water resources and regulation. A report by the Secretary of Citizen Participation on the financing of political parties indicates that sugar mills, including CASSA, El ...
... participation in water management.
The bishops' conference preferred that public oversight of water resources be maintained.
"If a law is approved that grants a private entity the right to decide over ...