... We will also explore the growing role played by third-party funders in international disputes. Third-party funding allows an investor to bring a claim without the fees and costs associated with that claim ...
... to extract riches at the expense of human rights violations of the inhabitants of the area. Moore also revealed that mayors of a right wing party of the municipality of Cabañas are working with mining ...
By teleSUR / Heather Gies
The Central American country of El Salvador could be forced to pay US$301 million to Canadian-Australian mining multinational OceanaGold as the two face off in a World Bank ...
... the stage for the discussion of the General Water Law, which has at its core the debate of private or public management.
We (FMLN) are following and support the resolutions of the United Nations that ...
by Maxwell Radwin on 2 August 2023 - MONGABAY
Calls from the international community are growing for the release of five environmental activists fighting water pollution and mining in El Salvador ...
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Jacobin
Owen Schalk
Following its failed crypto scheme, authoritarian president Nayib Bukele’s cash-strapped government is making moves to reverse El Salvador’s metal mining ban. Its reintroduction ...
... of whom were civilians killed by the US-backed dictatorship and rightwing death squads.
The military is accused of dozens of human rights violations and crimes against humanity in Santa Marta, the community ...
... The water defenders were part of a resistance group fighting the right-wing dictatorship during the war. But they come from Santa Marta, a community founded by displaced people largely considered to be ...
... in El Salvador that claimed the lives of 75,000," explained the organizations. "The victims of crimes from that war, which saw a U.S.-backed dictatorship and right-wing death squads kill tens of thousands, ...
... organizations express the following:
1. Our full support, recognition and solidarity with the Santa Marta Community and ADES who are now facing attempts to smear, discredit and intimidate with dubious ...
... rights of Guatemalan citizens to be consulted on important matters that could affect their lives and territories.
Sowing division in the communities
Following the results of the consultations where ...
... Mita, Department of Jutiapa, Republic of Guatemala, to issue the following public statement before the national and international public opinion:
CONSIDERING
1. That the Lempa River Trinational ...
... to build emancipatory processes little by little, knowing that they are long-term processes.
Vallecito was created thinking about that, about that life project, about building something different.
The ...
... On December 21 of this year, the ruling party of the Legislative Assembly approved the General Law on Water Resources. Following the approval, environmental organizations such as the Water Forum, the National ...
... for mining and quarry exploration proposals.
These latest events cause alarm because they seem aimed at allowing activities related to metal mining in the country. In addition, these actions of the government ...
... trading.
"Regardless of who wins, there will be huge swings in Peruvian assets and investors don't want to get caught on the wrong side," said Brendan McKenna, currency strategist at Wells Fargo in New ...
... are devastating to the well-being of rural communities and Indigenous peoples, while allowing private corporations to sue governments over hard-fought social and environmental protections.
Case in ...
... how mining investments could help in recovering the pandemic-battered economy.
Ibon Foundation cited the following “paltry” gains of the mining sector since 2001:
Taxes, fees and royalties from mining ...
... To shareholders attending online, Beaty narrated a glowing chronicle of Pan American Silver’s socially and environmentally responsible history in Latin America. Yet, when Breaking the Silence and other ...