... affected areas opposed metal mining.
From 2008 to 2009, both outgoing and incoming Salvadoran presidents publicly committed to not permit any mining projects during their administrations. Meanwhile, national ...
... he was opposed to investor-state rules. But, as president, he has said nothing about them.
As President Trump launches discussions on NAFTA, let us see if he stands up against this blatant giveaway to ...
... mining activity in their jurisdictions, with support from the anti-mining movement, and the vast majority of voters have opposed it.
As a result of these consultations, they adopted municipal ordinances ...
... opposed the project, as well as numerous threats and attacks.
Finally the arbitration proceedings showed other states that when a government decides in favour of the interests or positions of its population, ...
... of the communities of Cabañas who oppose metal mining, who gave him a plaque of recognition.
Another concern is that communications originating in Washington since the week following the ruling between ...
... and hence that El Salvador will not have to pay the company the $250 million that it sought.
Since 2009, a national roundtable of organizations in El Salvador (La Mesa), has opposed mining in the country ...
... and labor and environmental groups to successfully pressure the national government to oppose mining.
Then the company struck back. Pacific Rim (a Canadian firm later bought by Australia-based Oceana ...
... a way that the ICSID gave the reason to the population of El Salvador to oppose the operations of Pacific Rim mining. We have also had support from international organizations that helped us through these ...
... that oppose the use of arbitration under international trade and investment treaties. Activists and environmental groups say that corporations use ICSID to challenge governments’ right to set rules for ...
... opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership and other so called free trade agreements.”
This case is part of what led the Government of El Salvador to decide not to issue new mining permits. That decision ...