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21. PRESS RELEASE: Release the Verdict Now!: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... communities in El Salvador are accompanied by civil society organizations including NGOs, universities, student groups, social movements, and faith organizations, such as the Catholic Church, and the democratically ...; Created on 06 October 2016
22. Bringing Community perspectives to investor-state arbitration: the Pac Rim case: (ISDS); Orellana et al., 2015 There is an ongoing democratic debate in El Salvador in relation to metals mining and sustainable development. This is a description of the Pacific Rim case and the role of anti-mining ...; Created on 30 April 2016
23. UNDP El Salvador Annual Report 2010: (General Environment Backrounders); The UNDP started working in El Salvador in 1975, and has projects in the areas of democratic governance, poverty and social investment, risk management, climate change and the environment, gender and violence ...; Created on 23 April 2016
24. A dirty gold fever: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... compensatory damages, only because a country decides to follow the democratic will of its people”. For example, withdrawing from a mining project, as in El Salvador. In other countries the lawsuits in ...; Created on 02 February 2016
25. Resistance against the bloodsucker: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... development path. From outside, the sound of birds singing pours into the room. Then he breaks out of silence: “It is a scandal, when private companies sabotage the politics of a democratically elected ...; Created on 03 January 2016
26. New Laws Seek to Limit Mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... population is highly informed. More than 80% of the population rejects the mining projects. The referenda are important democratic processes because they give the people a chance to express their desires,” ...; Created on 02 January 2016
27. El Salvador: Vote Against Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... causes dismay. “It is a scandal, when a private firm sabotages the politics of a democratically elected government, which is trying to build a strategy for a sustainable development”, Angel Ibarra - Vice ...; Created on 02 January 2016
28. A blunt NO to mining in Arcatao, Chalatenango: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... a political, public and legal position," said Bernardo Belloso, CRIPDES, an organization within the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining , while explained the social impact of this democratic exercise. ...; Created on 11 November 2015
29. Municipality of Arcatao calls for a referendum on mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of consultation, the idea is to be an impartial monitor, that the vote is transparent and it is done conscious and free," said Catie Johnston, an international observer. Johnston noted that democratic ...; Created on 30 October 2015
30. 5 reasons to oppose OceanaGold’s lawsuit against El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... El Salvador’s ban on mining in their country. ISDS’s are undemocratic; proceedings take place behind closed doors and out of reach of concerned citizens. Foreign investor protections in multilateral ...; Created on 11 July 2015
31. Amid TPP Fight, El Salvador Mining Case Shows Danger of Corporate Tribunals: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the environment. "The ICSID suit, taking place far beyond any democratic process or court system, aims to put a chill on important project and policy making decisions related to large-scale mining in ...; Created on 18 May 2015
32. Salvadorans Warn Canadians About World Bank's Kangaroo Cour: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... arbitration process threatens democratic decision making, public health and the environment here and beyond. “As United Nations expert Alfred de Zayas recently expressed, the impact that investor-state ...; Created on 18 May 2015
33. Stop the Suits Tour: (Stop the Suits: 2015 Canada Tour); ... to discuss how investor-state arbitration threatens democratic decision-making, public health and the environment here and beyond our borders. OceanaGold is suing El Salvador for an amount equivalent ...; Created on 07 May 2015
34. Nueva Trinidad: 3rd Municipality in El Salvador to Declare Itself a “Mining Free Territory”: (Territories Free of Mining); ... International observers from Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, joined in this historical democratic process to provide insight and support to the community consultation, as well as to learn about community ...; Created on 18 April 2015
35. International community responds massively in support of El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of a nation; and the sovereign right of a democratically elected government to legislate policy to protect the public good. Actions of protest involving public forums, cultural events, a letter ...; Created on 29 September 2014
36. Municipality of San Jose Las Flores declared the first territory free of mining in El Salvador: (Territories Free of Mining); ... to enhance democratic decision making mechanisms on issues of local concern” explained Marcos Galvez president of CRIPDES and member of La Mesa. San Jose las Flores will not be the only municipality ...; Created on 24 September 2014
37. International observer delegation statement: Community consultation on Mining in San Jose Las Flores, Chalatenango, El Salvador.: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of the community consultation. Their contributions are reflected in the success of this highly-democratic process. In this historic day, Mayor Felipe Tobar revealed that the community members of San ...; Created on 23 September 2014
38. Protesters back El Salvador for denying gold mining permit: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... is trying to push the project undemocratically. It makes promises of jobs in an impoverished area, building schools, it is trying to divide the people without following the proper procedures,” said Sofia ...; Created on 17 September 2014
39. Solidarity Statement from Philippine Groups on El Salvador vs Oceana Gold/Pacific Rim: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... and it represents a clear assault on democratic governance in El Salvador. The entry into the picture of Australian mining giant Oceana Gold, which acquired Pacific Rim in 2013 has brought this issue ...; Created on 11 September 2014
40. CALL FOR SUPPORT: International month of action against Canadian/Australian miner OceanaGold: (International Month of Action); ... growth. A democratically elected government should not be punished for standing up for the common good. During the month of September, please join solidarity actions taking place in Australia, Canada, ...; Created on 04 September 2014

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