Mongabay
Maxwell Radin
El Salvador banned all mining of metals in 2017, but environmentalists are concerned that the government is preparing to reverse the decision and bring in international investment. The ...
... ban in El Salvador.
THE GUARDIAN: Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes
MONGABAY: Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?
NACLA: El Salvador Arrests ...
Jacobin
Owen Schalk
Following its failed crypto scheme, authoritarian president Nayib Bukele’s cash-strapped government is making moves to reverse El Salvador’s metal mining ban. Its reintroduction ...
... victims, thus a clear example of "reversed justice."
Therefore, in the face of such egregious abuse, we demand that the legal proceedings against the members of Santa Marta and ADES be transparent and ...
... report closes demanding that the current government of Nayib Bukele guarantee that the mining prohibition will not be reversed and that the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARN), and ...
... firm’s permit lapsed.
“That OceanaGold was able to easily reverse its suspension and is now enjoying the railroading of its Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) renewal puts to question ...
... of vote-by-land ownership. By then, the PZ will have likely entered many contracts that would be difficult to reverse, as the passage of any rule that terminates an existing contract will require the vote ...
... did it uphold the pre-trial detention of the eight water defenders, it also ruled to reverse the decision that freed the previous group and actively re-opened the case against five of them for the same ...
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By June Ositrán confirmed that several toll road concession-holders intended to initiate international arbitration proceedings. Peru has moved to reverse its toll road measures.
Guatemala
An ISDS ...
... already reversed.
Mining and dredging, apparently, is now considered a strategy for economic recovery in response to COVID-19. Duterte himself recently said that he will “open the borders” to the influx ...
... of the energy sector. The present and future Mexican governments will find it hard to reverse these policies without the risk of being sued at international investment tribunals. The risk of lawsuits by ...
... the fear that the mining law will be reversed in the country. The representatives stated that the streamlining and flexibility of environmental permits, which is one of the main bets of Minister López, ...
... wondering how long before the ban is reversed.
Artisanal mining activities El Salvador are reduced to small number of miners (Guiriseros) that operate in the San Sebastian mine. The mine has ...
... be overshadowed by a current electoral campaign that threatens to reverse the legislative balance of power in favor of the prohibition in the short term, and the executive government´s in the mid-term. ...
... ranks have ensured that El Salvador’s weak but existent administrative mechanisms resist pressure from powerful multinational business to reverse policy.
A number of Salvadoran companies relying on water ...
... became evident as right wing members of the commission voted to reverse an early decision to set up a publicly managed National Water Commission to administer water resources of the country, instead they ...
... emerging to try to reverse the momentum. But just like David with his slingshot, the local, environmental and government leaders seeking to revise rules to favor communities and the planet must pick their ...
... crisis if drastic measures are not taken to reverse environmental degradation caused by pollution, deforestation and the chronic dependence on carbon fuels, pesticides and other agro toxics. In 2010, a ...
... serious and very complicated diseases, contaminated soil, loss of biodiversity and a compromised food chain with serious cases of contamination that cannot be reversed.
3 - The environmental movement ...
... has been shelved at the Legislative Assembly despite broad public consensus on the need to protect our ecosystems from polluting industries such as mining and the urgency to reverse the critical environmental ...