... privileging the industrial and agro-industrial sectors who have historically polluted and degraded natural resources and have benefited economically by commodifying public goods; to avoid violations to ...
... a similar lawsuit during the government of Álvaro Colóm.
The trial, one more abuse against communities
On July 23, 2019, during a summons made to various government officials, they failed to report ...
... of Didipio, saying that the Oceanagold operation has been considered illegal.
Last month, July 26, the regional trial court of Nueva Vizcaya ruled against the injunction filed by Oceanagold to stop the ...
... OceanaGold illegal. On July 1, indigenous people put up a people’s barricade hindering the operation of the company. On July 25, the Regional Trial Court in Nueva Vizcaya junked the petition of Oceanagold ...
... a million people. Mexico and Uruguay face over US$3 billion each in suits for measures that have put ecologically sensitive areas off-limits to industrial mining. And Guatemala and Ecuador have been threatened ...
... de Mujeres del Sur (ECUADOR)
Movimiento Nacional Ambientalista Frente a la Minería Industrial (NICARAGUA)
Movimiento Morelense contra las Concesiones de Minería a Tajo Abierto por Metales (MEXICO) ...
... in cases of social protest."
After various hearings, of the 100 people investigated ten would go on to face trial. Nine of the defendants were acquitted in July last year due to ‘insufficient evidence’. ...
... regulation of commercial and industrial use.
The debate on these issues has not always been peaceful. In 2007, 17 leaders of the social movement, Association for the Development of El Salvador (CRIPDES) ...
... good that should be publicly managed with focus on sustainability, accessible domestic use and regulation of commercial and industrial use.
The debate has not always been civil, in 2007, 17 leaders ...