... the local oligarchy that has controlled post-coup governments are at the roots of the current conflict in Bajo Aguan.
According to the study, successive governments have deepened neoliberal policies, ...
... (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua), participated in the Fifth Regional Meeting of the Central American Alliance Against Mining – ACAFREMIN.
The theme addressed during the meeting has ...
...
During the gathering, on Nov. 13-13, environmental defenders shared their experiences in the fight against metal mining in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua. According to the representatives ...
... implementing an economic agenda based on the plunder of our natural resources. But in the communities of Tocoa, we are fighting for the defense of the environment”.
Land conflict in the Bajo Aguan ...
... in the villages and towns where the mines are active began to organise, especially in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua.
The consortiums that win the mining concessions have been grabbing ...
... 2006 and 2014; El Salvador, four; Nicaragua, three, and Honduras suffered the worst part, with 119, according to the study of ACAFREMIN cited above.
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... Humboldt (NICARAGUA)
Centro Integral de Base CEIBA (MEXICO)
Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular, CINEP(COLOMBIA)
CESTA Amigos de la Tierra El Salvador
Coecoceiba-Amigos de la Tierra Costa ...
... usage and risk of contamination of local water sources. The region is largely an agricultural and livestock area that includes important local rivers such as the Callacami and the Desaguadero River. Lake ...
... remains one of few countries without a general water law. Following years of pressure from El Salvador’s Foro del Agua, an umbrella group of environmental social organizations including ADES, the Ministry ...
... for the Salvadoran population is approved
Members of the National Alliance against Privatization of Water:
Foro del Agua El Salvador, ASGOJU, AMEYALLI, ASAVIPAZ, ACTIVISTA, ANDES 21 de Junio, Asociación ...
... no economic weight in the region, despite its impacts on the environment and on production in the communities where it operates, Nicaraguan activist Olman Onel told IPS. He pointed out that in his country, ...
... seasonal flooding.
“We are reaching the crisis level of having 1,700 cubic meters of freshwater per capita, while Guatemala and Nicaragua have between 15,000 and 30,000!”, Mr. McKinley says, gesturing ...
... without the real participation of the people, the lack of application of the right to free, prior and informed consent under international human rights standards in Nicaragua and the lack of ratification ...
... land, cutting fences, and exploring.
Community leaders, highly politicized from the war years, traveled to mining communities in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Honduras, where gold had been exploited for ...
... was introduced in 2006 by members the Water Forum, (Foro de Agua), a coalition of environmental and social organizations that advocate for the implementation of the human right to water in El Salvador. ...
Teresa Alvarado: Transparencia Activa
The National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining, an entity that groups 11 citizen organizations - delivered a letter to the Legislative Assembly to demand approval ...
... to an old mine and even mines located in Nicaragua, medical campaigns, and the publication of paid communiques in mass media outlets where they disseminate false information and continue to lie to the ...
... Sanabria
Co-Madres Monseñor Romero
Concavis Trans
Coordinadora Nacional de la Mujer Salvadoreña
Federación de Asociaciones y Sindicatos Independientes de El Salvador, FEASIES
Foro del Agua de El Salvador ...
... in Managua last August, false.
III. That the Salvadoran population has increased its awareness and rejection of metal mining as was demonstrated by the results of a recent survey conducted by the Central ...
... conflicts in neighboring Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, give Salvadorian communities an anticipation of the potential consequences of gold mining in El Salvador.
Resistance against gold mining ...