John Cavanagh, Robin Broad : RAPPLER
OceanaGold was stunningly defeated in El Salvador last March. Can it be defeated in the Philippines by 2019?
In March 2017, the small nation of El Salvador took ...
... in Guatemala; RENACAMIH and COPINH, Honduras, ADES Santa Marta in El Salvador, and the Latin American Network of Women Defenders of Social and Environmental Rights express our concerns about the effects ...
... peoples. This is a compilation of judicial decisions that have relied on ILO Convention No. 169 in ten Latin American countries. The information provided in this Casebook will be useful for judges, lawyers ...
Oxfam
This assessment conducted by Oxfam discusses the social, environmental and economic costs of metals mining in Central America. The prices of metals are very unstable and mining practices produce ...
Caritas El Salvador
This article discusses four myths that are told by the mining industry in order to justify their activities in Central America. First, that the current technologies used in mining ...
UKaid 2009
The evidence is clear that greenhouse gases from anthropogenic activities are causing dramatic changes in the global climate. Central America is very vulnerable to these changes because of ...
... of the Central American territory, as such we express to the national and international public opinion.
Extractive industries are transnational corporations working in collusion with governments and ...
By: Patrick Weiniger
Patrick Weiniger
First published in: http://redflag.org.au/article/mining-multinationals-exploit-central-america
El Salvadoran anti-mining campaigner Vidalina Morales recently ...
... experience is the one to which people in Central America who are concerned about mining always point.
Honduras, governed since a 2009 military coup by business-oriented elites, is creating special development ...
Pacific Rim v. El Salvador and the Perils of Free Trade in the Americas
Council on Hemispheric Affairs Research Associate Krista Scheffey
July 30, 2010.
In 2005, then-Senator Barack Obama published ...
... del Primero de Mayo en El Salvador (Liderada por ADES)
2 de mayo: (AMÉRICA CENTRAL) Webinar: El Acuerdo de Escazú, los derechos ambientales y lacriminalización de las personas defensoras de la tierra ...
... (Led by Alyansa Tigil Mina)
May 1: (EL SALVADOR) Solidarity Action During Mayday Celebrations in El Salvador (Led by ADES)
May 2: (CENTRAL AMERICA) Webinar: The Escazu Agreement, Environmental ...
... would be a disaster for the nation’s already contaminated water supply. Unlike many Latin American countries that court extractive investments from transnational companies, El Salvador has no metal mining ...
... deal with China that some environmentalists fear will include pathways to introducing mining concessions. China has made an aggressive push into Latin America in the past few years with its Belt and Road ...
... the historic mining ban—despite environmental concerns and the Central American country's ongoing water issues due to the climate emergency and pollution.
"Among El Salvador's greatest heroes of this century ...
... offices in the municipality of Guacotecti, according to a statement published by the Committee for Human Rights in Latin America (CDHAL).
These community leaders were arrested by means of a judicial ...
... of the Salvadoran population, especially of the most vulnerable sectors.
Alianza Centroamericana contra la Minería (ACAFREMIN)
Aliados Internacionales contra la Minería en El Salvador
Alianza contra ...
... solid and liquid waste will contaminate shared watersheds, worsen current water scarcity, and increase environmental vulnerability in Central America, says Jose Mario Lopez, of the Central American Alliance ...
... in El Salvador (Mesa Nacional Frente a la Minería Metálica en El Salvador, MNFM), the Ecofeminist Movement of El Salvador (Movimiento Ecofeminista de El Salvador, AMAES), the Central American Alliance ...