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21. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it
(FTAs & ISDS)
... foreign minister said the removal of ISDS “strengthened our government’s right to regulate in the public interest, to protect public health and the environment.” Outside of North America, however, the ...
Created on 05 May 2019
22. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala
(Cerro Blanco)
... the ministry´s technical team, then the company resorted to corruption and pressured the Minister of Environment to remove the technical team that had rejected that study. They succeeded, the team was ...
Created on 03 May 2019
23. More than one hundred organizations reject the unjust payment of USD $31 million to Canadian mining company Bear Creek
(Regional News)
... warned Congress about the social upheaval that passing such a bill would trigger. “We have warned the Economy Minister about this danger and that’s why this payment has been suspended”, Pacori Mamami said. ...
Created on 16 September 2018
24. Looming threats to the mining prohibition in El Salvador
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... never investigated as a possible intellectual author of the crimes in Cabañas.”  he stated. Chavez is the son of a well-known politician who once was the Minister of External Affairs of El Salvador. ...
Created on 08 February 2018
25. Long-Fought-For Ombudsperson Announced to Investigate International Complaints against Canadian Mining Companies
(Mining and Human Rights)
NEWS RELEASE : January 17, 2018 (Ottawa) Today, Canada’s International Trade Minister announced the creation of a Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise to investigate human rights complaints ...
Created on 08 February 2018
26. A year with a bitter taste in environmental matters in El Salvador
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... Ángel Ibarra, Vice Minister of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN). "In the first place, despite the fact that the political right of the country has wanted to financially suffocate this government ...
Created on 01 February 2018
27. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... good news: The environment minister and other individuals in the then-conservative government of President Tony Saca listened to the communities and convinced the executive branch to halt new mining licenses ...
Created on 26 June 2017
28. PRESS RELEASE: Permanent Alert against Metallic Mining in El Salvador
(Media Releases)
... The document was handed over to President Salvador Sánchez Cerén on August 25, 2016, and later to the Deputy Minister of the Environment, Dr. Ángel Ibarra, in a Public Forum held on October 26, 2016. Urgent ...
Created on 04 January 2017
29. Solidarity rally in Toronto as decision released in OceanaGold v. El Salvador case
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
Council of Canadians : Rabble On Friday, dozens of people gathered outside the office of Chrystia Freeland, Minister of International Trade, to demonstrate their solidarity with the people of El Salvador ...
Created on 10 November 2016
30. ICSID decision buoys El Salvador in mining dispute
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... vulnerability to the industry. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­----------------------------- “We are not against investment,” says Lina Pohl, El Salvador’s environment minister. But, she adds, “there are a series of conditions ...
Created on 10 November 2016
31. Justice delayed: Environmentalists assassinated in Cabañas remembered
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... politician who once was the Minister of External Affairs of El Salvador.  He was caught in the act with ample evidence for a conviction, yet he was afforded all the clemencies of the legal system. Only ...
Created on 07 January 2016
32. Resistance against the bloodsucker
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... Colindres promises that in case of the approval of gold exploitation, they will “establish the highest standards in environmental management”. However, the Vice Minister of Environment in the capital San ...
Created on 03 January 2016
33. New Laws Seek to Limit Mining in El Salvador
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... during the past few years have been suspended and will be reviewed once the legal changes proposed are approved or rejected. The law was effective from 1995 to 2012, when the ministers of Economy and Environment ...
Created on 02 January 2016
34. El Salvador: Vote Against Gold
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... Minister of the Environment – said. For a poor country, a conviction would be fatal: not only because of the financial losses, but also because it would open the door to foreign mining also in Arcatao ...
Created on 02 January 2016
35. Xenia Marroquìn: “Water is not a merchandise, it is a human right”
(Water Crisis El Salvador)
... management is fundamental, this is why it should be administered publicly. Water should not be seen as a merchandise, this is the current problem in a country where water is poorly managed. Today, a ...
Created on 30 September 2015
36. Salvadoran Deputy Ombudswoman for the Defense of Environment rights begins a tour in Canada on the case of OceanaGold
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... but not with representatives of the Canadian government. The Salvadoran Attorney told EFE that the government of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has expressed no interest in meeting with her. ...
Created on 13 May 2015
37. Time is running out for the Legislative Assembly to ratify food and water as basic human rights in El Salvador
(Mining and Human Rights)
... its terms expires in April 2015. The campaign has managed to pick up high profile endorsements including the President of the Republic, Salvador Sanchez Ceren, the Minister of the Environment Lina ...
Created on 23 April 2015
38. WILL EL SALVADOR BE FORCED TO PAY $301 MILLION FOR VALUING CLEAN WATER OVER GOLD?
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... has expressed grave concern at the prospect of an unfavourable ruling.   “It is essential that we win the case, as it means many millions for El Salvador,” Environment Minister Lina Pohl told Equal ...
Created on 18 April 2015
39. SECOND MUNICIPALITY DECLARED FREE OF METAL MINING IN EL SALVADOR
(Territories Free of Mining)
... already existing laws to protect our territories from extractive companies”, Galvez explains.       Early this year, anti-mining activists welcomed statements from the newly appointed minister of the ...
Created on 01 December 2014
40. Media coverage of the International Month of Action
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... with the requirements for a mining permit in the first place, preferring to rely on lobbying of government ministers.  Counterpunch:Clean Water as An Impediment to Corporate Profits An Australian mining ...
Created on 29 September 2014
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