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21. Arcatao: the next municipality to hold a referendum on mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... El Pepeto, Gualsimaca, Las Vegas, and the town itself, all belonging to the Municipality of Arcatao, in the Department of Chalatenango, presented a package of signatures collected in their communities ...; Created on 29 September 2015
22. Urgent! Strengthening a powerful global voice in defence of life: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... to defend their lives and the lives of the new generations that are at risk: who else can stop this destructive landslide, if not the community itself? The truth is, help from outside can only come if ...; Created on 29 September 2015
23. Amid TPP Fight, El Salvador Mining Case Shows Danger of Corporate Tribunals: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... town of Nueva Trinidad recently became the third municipality in El Salvador to officially declare itself a 'territory free of mining' through a historic popular community consultation. First published ...; Created on 18 May 2015
24. Save Our Water, End Investor Rights: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... bilateral investment treaties. Getting rid of ISDS in itself won't solve the environmental crisis. But it would give communities like those in El Salvador the ability to develop their own environmental ...; Created on 18 May 2015
25. WILL EL SALVADOR BE FORCED TO PAY $301 MILLION FOR VALUING CLEAN WATER OVER GOLD?: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... and ability to govern itself in the public interest is at stake. It’s a matter of whether the government has to serve corporate interests alone, because of trade agreements,” says Cabezas. Deep inequalities ...; Created on 18 April 2015
26. Media coverage of the International Month of Action: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... from El Salvador over denial of a gold mining license. Think Progress: Shadowy Tribunal Will Decide Whether El Salvador Can Protect Itself From Mining Companies WASHINGTON, DC — Does a corporation’s right ...; Created on 29 September 2014
27. News Summary international campaign against OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Think Progress: Shadowy Tribunal Will Decide Whether El Salvador Can Protect Itself From Mining Companies WASHINGTON, DC — Does a corporation’s right to profit trump a country’s right to protect ...; Created on 25 September 2014
28. A corporate warning to El Salvador: Give up your gold or pay $315 million: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... El Salvador’s Independence Day. “On that very day,” said Pérez Rocha, “El Salvador will be defending itself at the world tribunal, defending its very rights.” Last week in Washington, Pacheco made ...; Created on 06 August 2014
29. El Salvador faces mining company: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... lack of consideration by a corporation with large quantities of wealth that think only on enriching itself at the detriment of the health of the inhabitants. Given the conditions expressed obove, the ...; Created on 21 July 2014
30. EARTH DAY 2014: El Salvador faces critical environmental challenges: (Media Releases); ... that try to impose their dominion over territories, foretelling the future extermination of indigenous communities, the loss of cultural diversity and the destruction of nature itself. El Salvador ...; Created on 23 April 2014
31. Environmentalists step up pressure on El Salvador's 2014 presidential candidate: (Background and reports ); ... alliances to continue to press the incoming government on sustainable environmental policies. But the strongest push for change may come from nature itself. A recent epidemic of deaths related to kidney ...; Created on 20 January 2014
32. OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); El Salvador is being sued by Pacific Rim Mining, a Canadian based corporation owned by Australia's OceanaGold, before the International Center for the Settlement of Investments Disputes –ICSID-. The ...; Created on 13 January 2014
33. A plea to Australia: Put life & dignity before gold & profit: (Water no Gold); ... eight months pregnant leaving behind six children. Still we are not afraid. We’re prepared to work to defend what we have achieved in life and to defend the continuity of life itself,” she said. “I make ...; Created on 10 November 2013
34. Buzzwords:Responsible Mining: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... production process itself. Rather, the corporation commits to using some of its profits to do something "good." So, for instance, in the Philippines, Australian-headquartered OceanaGold has committed to ...; Created on 22 September 2013
35. Reform to article 15 of the Invesment Law: Assertive legislative action: (FTAs & ISDS); ... by the Investment Act itself. For several years, organizations such as the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining have been raising the need to reform the Investment Law and the country to ...; Created on 22 July 2013
36. The Rights Clash: (Commerce Group); ... defending itself against Commerce Group and Pacific Rim. A Middle Way Investors’ protections written into commercial treaties have serious consequences for governments in the global south. In the case ...; Created on 15 July 2013
37. Mining for Profits in International Tribunals - Updated: (Background and reports ); ... government on behalf of itself and its subsidiary, Doe Run Peru. The U.S. corporation is asking for $800 million in damages after the Peruvian government revoked Doe Run’s operating license for a smelter ...; Created on 12 July 2013
38. International delegation confronts mining in El Salvador: (2013 Fact Finding Mission); ... of El Salvador to spend over $800,000 in arbitration fees to defend itself. This is public money that has been siphoned away from helping impoverished local residents. Canada-El Salvador Free Trade Agreement ...; Created on 08 July 2013
39. People of El Salvador celebrate World Environment Day: (Mining and Human Rights); ... generated from individual actions can reproduce itself to the point of transforming a whole society” he said. But, “there are practices and decisions at the corporate and state levels that relate to the ...; Created on 06 June 2013
40. PRELIMINARY REPORT “Gold Mining and the Defense of Water in El Salvador”: (Background and reports ); ... community has empowered itself with knowledge and skills to better understand and protect their water supplies. In particular, one local organization has carried out a baseline water study, something found ...; Created on 24 May 2013

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