... the main streets of San Salvador to make the public launch of the National Alliance against the Privatization of Water in El Salvador, as a space for coordinating the popular struggle against the threat ...
... to join the Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power. We are a coalition of more than 200 social movements, organizations and popular actions, and specific campaigns targeting companies that are active in ...
... its forms, civil society organisations carried out popular consultations in at least four municipalities, under the Municipal Code.
For now there is no need for further consultations, as the law banned ...
... popular organizing, which American and other activists might want to pay attention to and learn from. It is also a tale of collaborations across causes, sectors, geographic areas, and national borders. ...
... profits. Fighting that suit cost El Salvador US$13 million and threw a chill over the popular fight for a policy banning mining in that country.
Within months of Pacific Rim’s announcement of its intention ...
... Salvador Sánchez Cerén’s desk who has said he will sign it.
Representative Ana Marina Alvarenga, from the left-wing FMLN party, said that the vote was a “popular victory in which our great little country ...
... of Cinquera (Cabañas), 70 kilometers northeast of San Salvador, refused the implementation of mining projects through a popular consultation among residents led by environmental organizations.
"98.10% ...
... the implementation of mining projects through a popular consultation.
"The prosecutor congratulates the people of the municipality of Cinquera for their active participation" in the popular consultation ...
... Municipal Code as a mechanism for community participation, the consulta popular is an official municipal-level referendum on an issue of local concern that can be invoked by petition if residents are able ...
... the eventual debate in the Legislative Assembly will likely be sharply divided. The balance of power could come down to which side can generate the most popular shows of support.
If that is the case, ...
* Teresa Alvarado: Transparencia Activa
The inhabitants of Cinquera also asked the city council to call a popular vote so that the citizens of the town can decide through a vote if they are in favor of, ...
... and legislative elections scheduled for 2018, although the result may also be unfavorable.
Four municipalities of the country have held local referenda (consultas populares) on the viability of having ...
... The launch of the fifth “Consulta Popular” against metal mining took place at a municipal forum held in Cinquera, explained Bernardo Belloso president of the Association for Development of El Salvador ...
... Mexico
Bloque Popular/FNRP, Honduras
Capitulo Boliviano de Derechos Humanos Derechos y Desarrollo, Bolivia
CEAG - Centro de Educación Ambiental de Guarulhos, Brazil
Centro de Documentación en Derechos ...
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According to Montes, the ruling is “a reflection of the struggle of the peasant and popular organizations."
“The communities have suffered for opposing these projects. Without their efforts, none of ...
... publications can be the handy starting point for popularized primers, lobbying briefers, and evidence for legal remedies.
The need to enhance the technical capacities of the people’s movements was also ...
... fight against mining, monoculture and the protection of water and ecosystems.
Abel Lara, coordinator of the October 12 - Popular Resistance Movement of El Salvador, said that the meeting of different ...
... years, piling up legal costs and draining energy from the popular movement to safeguard drinking water, food, and crops.
Meanwhile, the suit exacerbated conflicts in El Salvador. Several activists opposed ...
... media’s zeal – strong enough for them to mistakenly connect Frank Guistra to Oceana Gold and the ongoing lawsuit – reflects strong popular support for the administrative freeze on mining. My field research ...
... more than 80% oppose mining. Thanks to popular opposition, the mayor of the municipality of San José Las Flores has begun drafting a municipal order that will prohibit all types of metal extraction in ...