... the company seeks to stay with false arguments and promises in order to win support from the communities in the face of the upcoming 2018 legislative elections that could change the balance of power in ...
Editorial: CoLatino
It is expected that in the coming days or weeks, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) will issued its ruling on the request for Pacific Rim-Oceana ...
... that violate human rights.
We all have the right to migrate, but we also have the right to stay in the country and live well. Because this is a country where we could live and ensure our well-being, ...
... guidelines within the industry itself have failed at preventing harm.
Asuncion defines corporate social responsibility (CSR) as “a company’s voluntary and self-regulated commitment to stay accountable ...
... local mayor. Through it all, the water defenders stayed on message, focusing on the importance of clean water with slogans such as “Agua es vida” and “Si a la vida” (“Water is life”; “Yes to life”). The ...
... were widely condemned by environmental movements, labor, feminist and student movements, as well as by international organizations. So far, the U.S. Embassy has stayed on the margins of this debate, at ...
... for ourselves and our children. Those who have stayed to defend our rights, such as Centeno, have put their lives on the line. In 2019 alone, 17 Garífuna activists were violently murdered.
“There’s been ...
... damage from these activities, or ensure that more of the benefits stay in the home country.
Of the 34 cases we examined, one targeted Canada. All the rest were aimed at governments in the Global South. ...
... to stay, and two families were evicted. “While a company bulldozer was used for the dismantling process in February 2008,” he wrote, “it is not correct that any homes were burned down in 2008.”
Bowerman ...
... still don’t have a law that regulates access to water. As the church, we cannot stay silent.”
“We are not going to rest until we have our General Water Bill approved,” the archbishop says. “It’s not ...
... clear: “remaining in communication, staying informed, visiting El Salvador when possible and then keeping our own social base and the media informed…in order to counter the lies and falsehoods of the companies”. ...
... the attitude of the actual and the previous Government, as to stay firm in their decision to not permit mining and to not negotiate with the mining company.
The arbitration award confirms once more something ...
... and land resources, such as agrobusiness, ranchers, and producers of juices and soft drinks, have largely stayed out of the debate, eliminating a potentially huge obstacle to the movement’s agenda.
The ...
... Visit La Maraña, meet with community leaders impacted by the El Dorado mining project and the Pacific Rim / Oceana Gold lawsuit
5:30pm – Arrive in Arcatao, Chalatenango, stay with host families
Saturday, ...
... the ICSID convention outright so that suits cannot be brought against them in that forum.
As Gálvez and Cortez’s stay in Canada draws to an end, Gálvez draws hope from this growing global concern over ...
... Not much wealth stayed in the developing Salvadoran economy, and most of the easily accessible minerals were extracted.
The dusty tunnel miners in rural El Salvador seem far removed from the ICSID lawsuit ...
... focuses on the distribution of such tax revenues within the mining country, by looking at the amount of tax that stays on a local (municipal or provincial) level versus what goes to the federal government. ...
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Thursday May 9
Afternoon arrival in San Salvador.
Evening meal, entertainment and networking session with members of the National Roundtable Against Mining and other civil ...
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