... the Public Ministry, the Police and the Army, with the purpose of protecting the interests of the company Inversiones los Pinares /Ecotek.
Internationally recognized rights, such as the right to peaceful ...
... government institutions.
The anti-mining struggle in El Salvador has a rich history. The initiative started from non-governmental organizations and communities that led a twelve-year struggle of peaceful ...
... activists continued to object to trucks making deliveries to the site.
The barricade was broken this April, when the police violently dispersed 30 people who were peacefully blocking three tankers from ...
... with the law in the country," expressed the lawyer.
Accordingly, the peaceful resistance of La Puya expressed concern that a lawsuit from “this company that has criminalized, has altered the social peace ...
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Pumihic said he always misses the old days. The once peaceful community blessed with rich soil and good neigborhood is now badly damaged and divided by a foreign company.
He has nephews working for ...
... Central America–Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). Community members from the peaceful resistance of ‘La Puya’ presented the letter to government authorities during a congressional hearing ...
International groups denounce US mining company’s multi-million dollar claim against Guatemala and express solidarity with communities peacefully defending land and life at ‘La Puya’
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Ignoring Consistent Pleas to Comply with the Rule of Law
The most recent Supreme Court’s ruling upholds a July 2015 ruling by a Court of Appeals judge, who agreed with the members of the peaceful resistance ...
... 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) ...
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WOMEN OF GUATEMALA, HONDURAS AND EL SALVADOR DENOUNCE THE IMPACTS OF THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
The women of the Peaceful Resistance La Puya and the Municipality of Mataquescuintla, ...
... protested against the planned mining project of Oceana Gold – at that time the company was still called Pacific Rim. In the early 2000s it had begun to discover the gold deposit. Everything was peaceful, ...
... peaceful, democratic, and sustainable.
My main contribution will be to collaborate with Lina in building an agenda of environmental sustainability which reconciles economic, social and political processes ...
... society lack the capacity to peacefully resolve the conflicts of interests that metallic mining entails.
In Commerce Group’s home state of Wisconsin, the environmental regulations on mining in are among ...
... has transcended our borders, and government authorities must invest efforts to seek peaceful solutions to conflicts these may cause and to avoid negative consequences to the life, health, and environment ...
... d ) Ensure the physical safety of those who openly and peacefully manifest the defense of life and our natural resources . e) Enforce ILO Convention 169 and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous ...
... as I have witnessed in the Philippines*, Guatemala, and El Salvador, the presence of mining corporations invariably brings conflict and death to previously peaceful municipalities. Responsible mining should ...
... to operate. The communities there have legitimate concerns about the environmental and social damage that mining can cause. International organizations like ours simply support their right to peacefully ...
... of Cabañas. From the heights, the majestic and serene Lempa River can been seen.
The people’s friendly greetings from their homes make one think of a peaceful community, “and that’s how the place ...
... José Abelino Cedillo, a 36-year-old barber, is also imprisoned awaiting trial.
A peaceful protest camp to oppose the project was met with violence. On 7 September 2018, one young protester was shot and ...
... the votes had to flee to Lithuania in fear of imprisonment. In response to the allegations of electoral fraud, large peaceful protests have erupted across the country and were pushed back by the regime ...