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1. Public statement of the Local Governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, regarding the “Cerro Blanco” mining project, developed by the ...: (Cerro Blanco); The Governments and Local Authorities of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, represented hereby are members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, and also the "Trinational Network for the ...; Created on 12 June 2022
2. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... 90 percent of surface water has been contaminated by industry, agriculture, and underdeveloped sewage systems — it is, as Thomas McDonagh and Aldo Orellana López put it, “a water stressed country.” The ...; Created on 06 April 2023
3. The law on the right to water reaches Parliament, "people's lives are at stake" warns Cardinal Rosa Chav: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... the proposal supported and elaborated by the Catholic Church and environmental organizations. "We hope that it will not remain in the garbage, because it is something highly developed, so that people ...; Created on 15 June 2021
4. Human Rights Advocates and Legal Experts Deliver Blueprint for New International Corporate Accountability Law in Canada: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Similar laws are in place or being developed in several countries. Canada, however, is falling behind. Instead of legally requiring companies to respect human rights and the environment, Canada encourages ...; Created on 21 May 2021
5. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... industries and causing conflicts with communities. The corporate-friendly General Mining Law lifted a seven-year moratorium on new mining projects — it was developed with technical assistance and funding ...; Created on 06 May 2021
6. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... to be developed, so that communities which resist and denounce transnationals like Glencore have protection mechanisms and an effective international path to access justice and reparations. In June 2014, ...; Created on 22 April 2021
7. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town: (OceanaGold); ... during processing, mercury can be released into the air. As a result, air pollution regulations have been developed in recent years for gold mining. “Mercury air pollution is not an issue at all gold ...; Created on 12 February 2021
8. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... in the municipality, Romero was in favor of these initiatives: “we know that organic agriculture is very important for all of us, I have noticed that in developed countries they are practicing it a lot ...; Created on 05 January 2021
9. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); ... South. Indeed, developed countries are increasingly withdrawing from or rejecting ISDS in agreements amongst themselves. For example, the European Union and Australia and New Zealand have reportedly ...; Created on 03 May 2020
10. Honduran Land Defenders Receive the prestigious Letelier-Moffit award in Washington: (Regional News); ... developed agrarian reform laws, giving collective land to thousands of farmers organized in farming cooperatives. In 1992 the Law for Land Modernization gave way to the formation of large private monopolies ...; Created on 24 October 2019
11. Criminalisation brought to new extremes in case of Aymara indigenous communities in Peru: (Regional News); ... Faced with official indifference at both local and national levels, protests developed into a region-wide strike in May 2011. One of the central demands was the repeal of Executive Decree 083 – 2007 ...; Created on 28 August 2018
12. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... feasible for El Salvador. No one strayed from it.” The Catholic Church, cattle ranchers, and the traditional oligarchy joined campesinos in this message. The Roundtable developed a strategy of local ...; Created on 07 May 2018
13. A year with a bitter taste in environmental matters in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and abort a government where “Good Living” represents our development paradigm, this plan has survived. Social and environmental strategies have not been abandoned: the plan we have developed with greater ...; Created on 01 February 2018
14. Fifth referendum on mining is called in Cinquera, Cabañas: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... located in a mountain region with a rich biological diversity and a history of organized resistance that developed during the armed conflict in the 80s. Strong reasons for communities, local government ...; Created on 03 January 2017
15. Indigenous and Tribal Peoples’ Rights in Practice, a guide to ILO Convention No. 169: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Convention No. 169 was developed to protect self-identified indigenous people and attempts to address all key aspects of indigenous peoples’ rights. This is a guide to provide governments, indigenous and ...; Created on 23 April 2016
16. Global Climate Change Risk Index 2013: (General Environment Backrounders); GermanWatch According to the Climate Risk Index, less developed countries will be the most affected by extreme weather events. The countries most affected by impacts of weather-related loss events such ...; Created on 23 April 2016
17. Arcatao: participatory democracy defeats mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... impressed by the strong willingness of this community to get organized and act. The success of this referendum is even more remarkable if one thinks about the environment in which it developed: El Salvador ...; Created on 11 November 2015
18. Municipality of Arcatao calls for a referendum on mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... in providing information, awareness and education in communities affected by mining in the municipality. "In the communities we have developed discussion and analysis of environmental issues and particularly ...; Created on 30 October 2015
19. Statement in support of El Salvador from Amianan Salakniban in the Philippines (2): (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of any Free Trade Agreements that our government is signing with developed countries run by corporations. An example of this is the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation which promotes neoliberal policies ...; Created on 28 October 2015
20. Xenia Marroquìn: “Water is not a merchandise, it is a human right”: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... have developed campaigns to support the ratification of this article that recognizes water and food as a human right. What do you think of this decision? This is serious and as organizations part of ...; Created on 30 September 2015

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