... Cabanas, Morazan and La union. All these communities have already felt the presence of mining companies in their territories and have developed organized resistance to extractive projects according to ...
... Oscar Luna, and Deputy Chief of Police, Howard Cotto, declared on separate occasions that the patterns of violence in Cabañas were not typical and that they were related to the presence of Pacific Rim ...
... advice from experts from Mexico and Ecuador.
"In principle we want join forces, knowledge and experience, to make a single block in Central America to counter the presence of corporations at the regional ...
... was a wave of death threats against journalists and community radio station.
“We believe that the origin of all this violence is the presence of Pacific Rim in our department. In 2012 the son of one ...
... project. Since 2009 seven people have died as a direct result of conflicts caused by the presence of Pacific Rim Mining in the region.
Since the early 2000 as many as 10 transnational mining corporations ...
... as I have witnessed in the Philippines*, Guatemala, and El Salvador, the presence of mining corporations invariably brings conflict and death to previously peaceful municipalities. Responsible mining should ...
... economic growth and jobs, community members stated that the company’s presence has generated social divisions and led to violence. Local activists emphasized that they are opting for economically, socially ...
... right to make policy decisions based on the public interest.
The presence of mining corporations in El Salvador has also led to localized conflicts and violations of human rights in communities where ...
...
On October 20th, the Mesa is organizing a march and rally in the town of the Pacific Rim office to show the people’s opposition to the presence of mining companies in their department and pressure decision ...