... Municipal Code as a mechanism for community participation, the consulta popular is an official municipal-level referendum on an issue of local concern that can be invoked by petition if residents are able ...
... letter(requesting prohibition) in the Legislative Assembly. With this petition from a group of mayors from northern Chalatenango, and the FMLN party, they add to the two civilian initiatives to legislate ...
... by the communities of Cinquera, the mayor, Pantaleón Noyola, said that the city council is of the disposition to support the community petition to declare the area free of metal mining.
“We are, all of ...
... stop OceanaGold’s operations.
A letter to the World Bank condemning OceanaGold was signed by over 303 international and national civil society organisations. SumofUs conducted a petition that we handed ...
... the same tribunal discontinued CGCs petition for an annulment due to nonpayment of fees.
Despite of the legal defeats and the overwhelming evidence of contamination left in the San Sebastian mine, CGC ...
... strengthens our petition in asking for the re-opening of the decision on jurisdiction to prove that Pacific Rim abused the arbitration process as it changed the nationality of its subsidiary when it knew ...
... in defense of territories threatened by mining. It does so through processes of petition and public referenda established in the Municipal Code.
So far, three Municipalities – San José las Flores, San ...
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But despite of the relentless campaigning which has also included permanent rallies in front of the legislative building, direct actions and petitions signed by tens of thousands of citizens and hundreds ...
... to organize, educate and collect signatures in order to petition municipal councils to hold consultations on mining.
Following the request by community organizations, municipal councils must vote on ...
... up to six months.
But, the campaign against the company in El Salvador is far from over, an international online petition has already garnered over 170.000 signatures and organizers are poised to reach ...
(Ottawa) Nearly 150,000 people have already signed an online petition directed at the Australian-Canadian firm OceanaGold urging it to drop its suit against El Salvador.
Secret hearings will begin on ...
... Las Limas, Llano Verde, Hacienda Vieja and the village, all part of the municipality of San José Las Flores in Chalatenango, who had organized a petition with the signatures of over 500 registered voters ...
HOW TO SUPPORT THE INTERNATIONAL MONTH OF SOLIDARITY
Have your organization endorse an open letter to the CEO and President of OceanaGold.
Sign a petition asking OceanaGold to leave El Salvador. To ...
... who leads a small group of members of the FMLN at the Environment and Climate Change Commission of the Legislative Assembly, received a commission of environmental leaders who delivered a set of petitions ...
... on his land. Walking along the creek, he found Pacific Rim’s pumps directing the water to its exploration activities. Petitions to local government had no effect. Ever since Pacific Rim began exploring ...
... campaigns. In response, environmental organizations organized a noisy car caravan through San Salvador to deliver petitions to the campaign offices of the political parties. The petition letter included ...
Dr. Jim Yong Kim President, World Bank
The signers of this petition are XXX international and national civil society organizations. We are writing out of solidarity with the communities of El Salvador ...
... Salvador, return to you again exercising our right to petition enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic, to establish the following:
1 - The National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining for more ...
... lists more than 100 petitions from citizen groups asking for metallic mining to be prohibited, added Congresswoman Palacios, whose party sees this as “a majority and constant rejection of mining by Salvadoran ...
... valid fourteen of the thirty arguments outlined in the demands raised by the petitioners and it established a short timeline for the Executive and the Legislative Assembly to respond to these. Six years ...