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21. To prevent water privatization: the next battle for Salvadorean environmentalists: (Water no Gold); ... the Foundation for the Development of El Salvador FUSADES . The March 2014 legislative elections changed the political balance of power at the legislature, the left leaning FMLN, which supported the bill ...; Created on 27 July 2017
22. Transnational mining company loses the battle, but the war continues.: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... 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 ...; Created on 05 January 2017
23. ICSID decision buoys El Salvador in mining dispute: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... resource.” In El Salvador, activists call the ruling a moral victory, but they say a new law to ban metal mining is needed before the 2019 elections, which could bring a right-wing government to power. ...; Created on 10 November 2016
24. Case Studies: Investor-State Attacks on Public Interest Policies: (ISDS); ... various policies, in cases ranging from tobacco to mining. This report discusses a selection of the many investor-state attacks on public policies that have occurred globally. http://www.citizen.org/documents/egregious-investor-state-attacks-case-studies.pdf ...; Created on 30 April 2016
25. Research reveals that right wing parties collaborate with mining companies in the department of Cabanas.: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... added that the El Dorado Foundation provided the current mayor of San Isidro with transportation and flags during the last municipal elections. Manuel Perez Rocha from the IPS lamented that El Salvador ...; Created on 07 March 2016
26. Resistance against the bloodsucker: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the city hall, by the registration stands and the tables with the ballot boxes. Election officials explain the voting process to those who cannot read and write. Even the Catholic Church takes a stand: ...; Created on 03 January 2016
27. New Laws Seek to Limit Mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... process of calling a referendum. Then, the referendum takes place. The elections take place publicly, and the voters can come and participate throughout the day. Such elections are not difficult to organize, ...; Created on 02 January 2016
28. A blunt NO to mining in Arcatao, Chalatenango: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... we made during the election campaign for city council and now we are giving an answer to the population that has expressed through organized communities and the Consulta Steering Committee that this ...; Created on 11 November 2015
29. Municipality of Arcatao calls for a referendum on mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... municipality of Arcatao will be voting on the consultation on metal mining. "We need a bit over 1,000 people to vote for the referendum to be legal. But in the last municipal election 1,600 people cast ...; Created on 30 October 2015
30. The water issue is thorny for the right wing in El Salvador: Interview with Lourdes Palacios: (Mining and Human Rights); ... water as a public good. - Why does ARENA claim the discussion of the Water Act as electioneering? At no time has the issue been about elections for the FMLN. This coming March, the General Water Law ...; Created on 23 January 2015
31. La Mesa launches "I vote against mining" campaig: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the country. Therefore we are concerned that mining and other environmental issues are notably absent again the election campaign, "said Edgardo Mira, from the National Roundtable Against Mining, La Mesa. ...; Created on 19 January 2015
32. Murdered environmental activists remembered: (Mining and Human Rights); ... He was an outspoken opponent to the El Dorado mine, and organized community opposition to local election irregularities in January 2009. He had received repeated death threats, was subject to a targeted ...; Created on 30 December 2014
33. SECOND MUNICIPALITY DECLARED FREE OF METAL MINING IN EL SALVADOR: (Territories Free of Mining); ... of the general water law that would undermine the public management while favouring further privatization of the limited water resources. The upcoming legislative elections in March 2015 can potentially ...; Created on 01 December 2014
34. Municipality of San Jose Las Flores declared the first territory free of mining in El Salvador: (Territories Free of Mining); ... organizations, and a high level commission of the office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Human Rights in El Salvador, PDDH, actively monitored the vote and endorsed the results of the elections. Human ...; Created on 24 September 2014
35. Communities in rural El Salvador request a referendum to keep mining projects out of their territories.: (Territories Free of Mining); ... San Jose Las Flores the first "Free Territory Mining" in El Salvador. According to the municipal code in El Salvador, at least 40 percent of the registered voters in the last election need to sign the ...; Created on 08 September 2014
36. Environmentalists call for concrete signals of a sustainability agenda for El Salvador: (Background and reports ); ... elections. But as the campaign picked up esteem in late 2013 and the party released its campaign platform, environmental leaders became disappointed that the document did not reflect the proposals ...; Created on 12 June 2014
37. Incoming Minister of the Environment confirms continuation of mining moratorium in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... wing parties, ARENA or GANA to make up the 43 votes required to pass legislation. The closely contested results of the March 09 presidential elections, which the FMLN won by narrow margin of only 6500 ...; Created on 29 May 2014
38. FMLN candidate Sanchez Ceren commits to not exploit metal mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... referred to statements made by the Republican former senator Jim DeMint , which warns that if the FMLN wins the presidential election on 9 March, the country will be "a paradise for gangs." Sanchez ...; Created on 24 February 2014
39. El Salvador, violence and impunity: (Mining and Human Rights); ... right-wing ARENA party in San Isidro’s municipal elections. ARENA and the conservative PCN have dominated Cabañas since the 1979-92 civil war, when the area was held by the army with support from paramilitary ...; Created on 13 February 2014
40. Environmentalists step up pressure on El Salvador's 2014 presidential candidate: (Background and reports ); by: P. Cabezas As the February 2nd presidential elections in El Salvador quickly approach, environmental activists are stepping up pressure on candidates to address issues relating to the country`s precarious ...; Created on 20 January 2014

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