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41. El Salvador becomes first country to ban metals mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... 69 in favor, none against, and no abstentions. Fifteen of the country’s 84 lawmakers did not show up for the vote. The result “makes tiny El Salvador the unlikely hero in a global movement to put the ...; Created on 16 April 2017
42. El Salvador Passes Historic Law To Ban Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... to extraction to processing. Despite last minute lobbying by one of the country’s largest mining interests, all 70 present members of the assembly voted in favor of the ban. It now heads to President ...; Created on 16 April 2017
43. El Salvador Votes for Water over Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of El Salvador and support for the law. By voting in favor of the mining ban, these lawmakers in El Salvador have chosen water over gold, and people and the environment over corporate profits. And they ...; Created on 16 April 2017
44. Political parties give assurances that they will support the prohibition of Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Commission on Environment and Climate Change to give a green light to the vote on a law prohibiting mining. A World Bank (WB) arbitration body ruled in October 2016 in favor of El Salvador and against ...; Created on 09 March 2017
45. Salvadorean Human Rights Attorney Congratulates Municipality that Rejected Mining Through Referendum: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... ruled in October 2016 in favor of El Salvador and against the Canadian miner Pacific Rim, now owned by the Australian Oceana Gold, which claimed compensation from the Salvadoran government for 250 million ...; Created on 08 March 2017
46. Pressure Grows on Mining Giant to Pay $8 Million to El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... as a “kangaroo court” favoring the interests of corporations over states and Indigenous communities and environmental groups. ------ Republished from: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Pressure-Grows-on-Mining-Giant-to-Pay-8-Million-to-El-Salvador-20170221-0017.html ...; Created on 05 March 2017
47. Social Movements Demand Blunt Action to Prohibit Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... thank goodness that the ICSID said it was clear that El Salvador was right (ruling in favor of the state)," he said. This February 14 is the deadline for the transnational mining company Oceana Gold, ...; Created on 15 February 2017
48. Letter Submitted to the Legislature to Demand the Return of the Proposed Law Banning Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... operations in the country. The organized community groups that work in favor of human, environmental, religious, and youth rights that make up La Mesa were present at the Legislative Assembly. Reacting ...; Created on 10 February 2017
49. FMLN Will Vote for the Ban on the Mining Industry in the Country: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and Climate Change Commission in the Legislative Assembly, reiterated the commitment to legislate in favor of human life and considered that it was urgent to finally initiate the study of the new legal ...; Created on 10 February 2017

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