... groups”.
There were also several visits to the global North by Salvadorans. These included the 2013 North American Tour and the 2015 Stop the Suits Tour of Canada. For Jen Moore, this was important “to ...
... The message focused on the well-being of Salvadorans and argued that mining posed a grave risk to the country’s fragile environment.
FMLN Representative Guillermo Mata, who is the president of the Assembly’s ...
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A march led by archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas arrived at the Legislature demand the prohibition of metal mining.
A group of Salvadorans marched today to demand that ...
... to its legal defence, and the chill effect on efforts to get a ban on metal mining in El Salvador during the last seven years are the real price that Salvadorans have already paid for this suit.
The Fight ...
... and has rallied the overwhelming majority of the public against mining. A 2015 poll commissioned by the University of Central America found that close to four-fifths of Salvadorans opposed mining. El ...
... has widespread support in El Salvador; a recent poll of the University of Central America (UCA) indicates that 79.5% of Salvadorans are against any gold mining.
The civil society groups from the four ...
... elected government of El Salvador to say no to mining.” A recent poll conducted by the University of Central America in El Salvador indicates that 79.5% of Salvadorans believe El Salvador not to be ...
... a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the government of El Salvador. However, Salvadorans are standing up against the extractive mining company, defending the environment, water and their right to life. ...
... impacts from mining that Salvadorans worry could damage vital water supplies. The Foundation’s propaganda paints a positive picture of OceanaGold’s Didipio mine in the Philippines where two activists have ...
... whether a poor country like El Salvador should venture to ban its exploitation, for the sake of the environment. The majority of Salvadorans would do it.
The case goes back a long time. Eight years ...
... government”.
He therefore welcomes it when Salvadorans take a stand against gold mining and foreign tribunals. Just as in Arcatao, in the northern Department of Chalatenango, by the border with Honduras. ...
... and earlier studies indicate that most Salvadorans do not see the environmental threat from mining as imagined. Nonetheless, the suspension is precarious – based only on executive action and not legislation ...
... We are one with the Salvadorans in this plight as our indigenous people in Nueva Vizcaya also suffer from the wrath of OceanaGold,” said Fernando Mangili, spokesperson of Amianan Salakniban.
Since ...
... that have never clarified.
“How can we Salvadorans allow intruders to come here and exploit our land and, on top of that, be criminalized for fighting for our lives and the safeguard of our environment?” ...
... to address a rapidly deepening environmental crisis. Salvadorans are currently awaiting a ruling in a six-year legal battle initiated by Vancouver-based mining company Pacific Rim and now pursued by ...
... to broad-based nationwide opposition to metallic mining. From local communities to the upper echelons of the Catholic Church, Salvadorans are worried about the negative impacts that gold mining could have ...
... can sue governments when corporations feel their future profits are being threatened by government actions. OXFAM: Salvadorans rally at the World Bank to celebrate independence Salvadoran communities ...
... OXFAM: Salvadorans rally at the World Bank to celebrate independence Salvadoran communities living in the DC area celebrated the 193rd anniversary of independence of El Salvador in front of the World ...
... corporation claims to have the right. Salvadorans, meanwhile, argue that the concession never existed.
Yesterday’s proceedings were the latest in a series of arguments that began to unfold last week ...
... investors and against public interest.
On September 15, Salvadorans, U.S. and other countries’ allies will gather outside the World Bank’s tribunal to ask: who is the real criminal in this case? Is ...