... model for us,” he tells America. “He is the one who marked a turning point in our history, when the [Salvadoran] Church became preoccupied with human rights.”
Over the past decade, the Salvadoran Church ...
...
El Salvador has a history of small artisanal mines, including a small mine in San Sebastián which was started some 100 years ago by local people. However, mining wasn’t an important part of the economy ...
... authors presumed to be people related to extractive companies.
El Salvador created history on March 29, 2017, becoming the first country in the world to ban surface and underground metals mining, a long ...
By Jen Moore : MiningWatch Canada
Latin America is slowly winning the fight against the corporate assault of transnational Canadian mining companies
El Salvador made history last month when it became the ...
... rob this country of its future.
It was the most amazing week in the 12-year history of our struggle. And we owe much of the magic to the governor of a province called Nueva Vizcaya in the Philippines, ...
... that with really intentional coordination, a lot can be achieved”.
“Two types of solidarity”
According to Cabezas, given that many of the groups working on the campaign internationally had a history ...
... legislature made history and passed a ban on all metallic mining nationwide, bringing to fruition a twelve-year-long demand of mining-affected communities and civil society concerned about their precious ...
Sandra Cuffe: Mongabay
Legislators in El Salvador made history Wednesday, passing a bill to ban all metallic mining activities in the country.
The results of the much-anticipated vote were unanimous: ...
... beginning. She hopes El Salvador’s monumental victory will reverberate around the world.
“It is a momentous step in the history of a country as small as El Salvador, that opens the doors to be an example ...
... – including poor water quality, deforestation, and over-use of agro-toxics -- before turning to a brief history of the political struggles that have affected the country. She also mentioned Pacific Rim/OceanGold’s ...
... located in a mountain region with a rich biological diversity and a history of organized resistance that developed during the armed conflict in the 80s. Strong reasons for communities, local government ...
... sovereignty, the right to water, healthy communities and a clean environment. Each of the organizations that make up the Allies has a history of solidarity work with the people of El Salvador. More information ...
... running cases in the history of ICSID
But, climate change and the legal system in El Salvador may not be the only odds that members of La Maraña are against. Far away, in Washington DC, a three person ...
... be held in July 2015. The commencement of this group’s work constitutes a milestone in the history of the struggle against the impunity of transnational corporations. The social movements and organisations ...
... process in motion to determine whether mining projects can be established in our territory,” he continued.
A history of struggle
The communities of San Jose Las Flores are not newcomers to the anti-mining ...
... the Pac Rim Mining Corporation’s (Pac Rim) most recent attempt to bypass El Salvador’s environmental protection laws using investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). ISDS has a history of allowing corporations ...
... The support from members of Congress for the Salvadoran government is crucial.” “El Salvador has taken important steps in recent years to recover from its history of political violence and establish ...
... The support from members of Congress for the Salvadoran government is crucial.” “El Salvador has taken important steps in recent years to recover from its history of political violence and establish ...
... trade agreements can be used by corporations to undermine the interests of citizens.
OceanaGold has a history of human rights violations in the Philippines where it operates the Didipio mine. La ...
... reported extrange, anonymous phone calls made to his personal phone. Given the history of death threats, persecution and murders against members of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining ...