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1. Pressure Mounts on El Salvadoran Legislature to Ban Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the legislature, have so far been unwilling to even consider the proposed ban in the past - despite the subject being non-partisan. The Legislative Assembly is evenly split on the issue between the left-wing ...; Created on 13 February 2017
2. Letter Submitted to the Legislature to Demand the Return of the Proposed Law Banning Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); *Karen Rivas: Pax Noticias “We have presented bill proposals since 2006 focused on the the ban of metal mining,” stated a representative of the Mesa Nacional Frente a la Mineria (National Roundtable Against ...; Created on 10 February 2017
3. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... that culminated in El Salvador's legislature voting unanimously in 2017 to make that country the first in the world to ban all metals mining to save its rivers," IPS senior adviser John Cavanagh told Common ...; Created on 20 January 2023
4. The law on the right to water reaches Parliament, "people's lives are at stake" warns Cardinal Rosa Chav: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... and sanitation as a right is also pending in the Legislative Assembly. The provision, approved by the previous legislature, requires 56 votes to enter into force (see Fides, 17/10/2020). Hundreds of Salvadorans ...; Created on 15 June 2021
5. Community and environmental concerns not “pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s business: (Mining and Human Rights); ... environment. Recently, 30,000 residents of Chubut signed a petition demanding their legislature approve a “Popular Initiative” that would expand and complement the environmental protections in the existing ...; Created on 17 May 2021
6. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... company’s case when El Salvador refuses to back down; El Salvador bans mining when its legislature responds to years of campaigning by activists who refused to be cowed by the brutal murder of their leader. ...; Created on 23 April 2021
7. What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); The Nation Robin Broad and John Cavanagh In March 2017, people from poorer communities across El Salvador stood up to corporate power and convinced their legislature to make their country the first ...; Created on 05 April 2021
8. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... for environmental activists in El Salvador. One was getting the national legislature to pass that mining ban. The other was the lawsuit the mining company, Pacific Rim, launched against El Salvador's government, ...; Created on 22 March 2021
9. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... This has been a historic struggle for popular organizations, primarily environmental ones. However, the reform will only come into effect if it is ratified by the next legislature, which will be elected ...; Created on 01 December 2020
10. EL SALVADOR - Water recognized as a public good and human right, the satisfaction of the Church: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... to recognize water as a public good and human right. According to El Salvador's legislation, after this session on October 15, the reform will have to be ratified by the next legislature and can therefore ...; Created on 30 November 2020
11. National Alliance Against the Privatization of Water “Water is not for sale, we care for it and defend it: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... of the Legislature and the Executive branches to international conventions and treaties regarding the human right to water and to confront climate change. Of the business, industrial and agro industrial ...; Created on 26 September 2019
12. Founding statement: National Alliance against Water Privatization in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... We want to clarify that the fight for water began in 2006 with the presentation of the General Water Law proposal by the Water Forum. Since then we have promoted a dialogue a at the legislature for ...; Created on 25 June 2018
13. Bishops of El Salvador warn against privatizing water: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... for the exercising of all other rights." El Salvador's legislature is starting debate on a national water law. The legislation is proving controversial because some lawmakers favor increased private-sector ...; Created on 24 June 2018
14. Water 2.0 - Salvadoreans take to the streets to battle renewed attempts to privatize water resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); P. Cabezas Barely six weeks have passed since the newly elected, right wing dominated legislature took office, but recent frictions between security personnel of the legislature and university students ...; Created on 24 June 2018
15. It is urgent to permanently close the dark chapter of metallic mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... CRIPDES, UNES, ARPAS and UCA welcome this action because before the new legislature was installed, we warned the country about the dangers of reverting of this Law and we demanded that the newly elected ...; Created on 31 May 2018
16. Central Americans Demand to be Consulted About Mining Projects: (Regional News); ... the consultation processes to be non-binding, and as a result do not take them into account. Before the Salvadoran legislature approved, in March 2017, a historic law prohibiting metal mining in all ...; Created on 09 May 2018
17. Threats to the Law Against Metallic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... before the end of the current legislature, this law will be elevated to constitutional rank in order to avoid a setback in a fight that has been fought for over a decade against the mining threat. Republished ...; Created on 07 May 2018
18. Salvadorans Reinforce Commitment to Sustain Historic Mining Ban on its First Anniversary: (Media Releases); April 4th, 2018 A year since El Salvador's legislature unanimously approved a law prohibiting all metal mining activities in the country, Salvadoran organizations including the National Roundtable ...; Created on 06 May 2018
19. Lack of proposals from political candidates on the Environmental Crisis in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... for further privatization. The current legislature, which ends its term on May 1st, approved the Law of Prohibition of metallic mining in El Salvador last March, with 70 votes, after communities threatened ...; Created on 08 February 2018
20. Can Victory Over Irresponsible Mining in Central America Spur a Win in the Philippines?: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... a huge step towards protecting its environment for present and future generations when its legislature passed a law outlawing all metals mining. It was a momentous vote – a vote heard round the world. ...; Created on 01 February 2018

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