... was never discussed or voted on.
Recently, FMLN officials have expressed their support for a mining ban. However, ARENA representatives, and members of smaller parties that hold the balance of power al ...
Radio Mundo Real
While OceanaGold, one of the largest mining companies in El Salvador, delays compliance with its obligation to compensate El Salvador, several social forces are demanding a metal mining ...
... powerful precedent for standing up for national sovereignty and clean water against transnational corporate interests. Nevertheless, efforts by the newly-elected FMLN beginning in 2009 — the same year ...
... company "has not resigned and will never give up (in its interest to continue with its operations), they see the profits and chase them," executive director of the Association for Development of El Salvador ...
... Salvador should’ve never had to go through this seven-year legal battle in the first place. Such “investor rights” are the most extreme example of excessive power granted to corporations through trade ...
... in the courts.
“We believe it is a claim that should have never proceeded, the only reason it did is because it was done under investment treaties,” Cabezas told teleSUR.
“These demands are against ...
... years the panel decided in El Salvador’s favor, agreeing that the government was never required to issue Pacific Rim a mining permit. It denied the company any compensation and ordered OceanaGold to reimburse ...
... of El Salvador did not issue the concession because the company failed to meet key regulatory requirements.
“The fact that Pac Rim – now OceanaGold – could sue El Salvador when it has never had a license ...
... a “shameless act of legalized extortion” carried out by company that has never had any ties to El Salvador and never invested one cent in the country in the first place. “How is it possible that such ...
... a “shameless act of legalized extortion” carried out by company that has never had any ties to El Salvador and never invested one cent in the country in the first place. “How is it possible that such ...