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1. El Salvador Votes for Water over Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); By P. Cabezas & Sebastian Rosemont In response to enormous public pressure, lawmakers have rejected appeals by global corporations and voted to protect the country’s people and water supply by banning ...; Created on 16 April 2017
2. Another Town in El Salvador Votes No to Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); By Aruna Dutt : IPS News Cabañas, El Salvador, Mar 1 2017 (IPS) - The citizens of Cinquera municipality in Cabañas delivered a resounding vote against mining, on Sunday February 26th, when 98 percent ...; Created on 05 March 2017
3. PRESS RELEASE: The municipal consultation on Cerro Blanco mine is valid and legitimate: (Cerro Blanco); ... outside the provisions or legal requirements which would imply invalidating the results of the votes and the will of the 7,481 participants who voted against the metallic mining projects. We denounce ...; Created on 21 September 2022
4. The law on the right to water reaches Parliament, "people's lives are at stake" warns Cardinal Rosa Chav: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... and sanitation as a right is also pending in the Legislative Assembly. The provision, approved by the previous legislature, requires 56 votes to enter into force (see Fides, 17/10/2020). Hundreds of Salvadorans ...; Created on 15 June 2021
5. Peru miners fall amid uncertainty over tight presidential election: (Mining and Human Rights); ... cents on the dollar. Five-year credit default swaps increased 7 basis points to 97 points. Until yesterday afternoon, with 93.8% of the votes counted in Sunday's election, Castillo leads with 50.2% ...; Created on 08 June 2021
6. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... closest to a significant reform in Canadian law was Bill C-300, which lost in parliament by just 6 votes.” “It’s all because of a powerful industry lobby. How else can you explain the positive second ...; Created on 12 May 2021
7. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... Update: On October 15, the Legislative Assembly approved, with 78 votes in favor, reforms to Article 2 of the Constitution of the Republic, which recognizes access to water as a fundamental human right. ...; Created on 01 December 2020
8. EL SALVADOR - Water recognized as a public good and human right, the satisfaction of the Church: (Water Crisis El Salvador); Agenzia Fides San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador unanimously approved, with 78 votes in favor and no votes against, the reform of the Constitution of the Republic ...; Created on 30 November 2020
9. Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees: (Mining and Human Rights); ... a recount of the votes had to flee to Lithuania in fear of imprisonment. In response to the allegations of electoral fraud, large peaceful protests have erupted across the country and were pushed back ...; Created on 29 September 2020
10. From Mining to Water: 25 years of Community Solidarity and Organizing: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... The ARENA controlled congress has momentarily cast aside MARN’s General Water Law in favor of their own. However, despite having the necessary votes to pass it into law, a wave of social protest regarding ...; Created on 24 August 2018
11. Founding statement: National Alliance against Water Privatization in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... and two directors from COMURES (a private corporation that brings together municipalities of El Salvador). Both institutions are closely linked with ARENA and add four votes while the executive government ...; Created on 25 June 2018
12. Water 2.0 - Salvadoreans take to the streets to battle renewed attempts to privatize water resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... block of the legislature. With a total of 61 out of 84 seats, the right has more than 50% of the votes to pass simple legislation without debate and more than a two third majority required to approve the ...; Created on 24 June 2018
13. Lack of proposals from political candidates on the Environmental Crisis in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... for further privatization. The current legislature, which ends its term on May 1st, approved the Law of Prohibition of metallic mining in El Salvador last March, with 70 votes, after communities threatened ...; Created on 08 February 2018
14. The Catholic Church calls for participation in a March Against Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... assured, on his twitter account, that the bill can count on the votes of the FMLN party. ------- Traslated by: Sebastian Rosemont Translated from: http://inicio.tves10.com/noticias/la-iglesia-catolica-invita-a-participar-a-la-marcha-contra-la-mineria-metalica ...; Created on 08 March 2017
15. Social Movements Demand Blunt Action to Prohibit Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Salvador, in the commercial exchange of goods with the United States. "This has only served large corporations and benefited those who have money; that is why we need legislators to votes against metal ...; Created on 15 February 2017
16. FMLN Will Vote for the Ban on the Mining Industry in the Country: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... are already 31 votes in order to comply with this demand from the population, social organizations, and the Catholic Church,” said FMLN legislator Guillermo Mata during the presentation of an official ...; Created on 10 February 2017
17. A blunt NO to mining in Arcatao, Chalatenango: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... but what about the little ones that are left" he reflected. The echoes of a struggling people were not wrong, with 1027 votes cast on November 8, in the referendum to determine whether to permit ...; Created on 11 November 2015
18. Arcatao: participatory democracy defeats mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... mayor of Arcatao, was proud to announce that 1027 votes were cast, meaning that the turnout was around 67% of the active voting population. Out of these votes, only 3 were “yes” (thus in favor of mining ...; Created on 11 November 2015
19. Municipality of Arcatao calls for a referendum on mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... on the issue of mining so that at the time people cast their votes and are conscious of their choice" said Belloso. Ana Dubon, representative of the Association of Communities for Development in Chalatenango ...; Created on 30 October 2015
20. CAFTA-DR Mostly constitutional: Constitutional chamber Rules in El Salvador: (FTAs & ISDS); ... treaty, 30 volumes and 2,500 pages, was ratified by 49 votes, 16 days after being released by the Ministry of Economy and was approved at an ordinary session of the Legislative Assembly that lasted 19 ...; Created on 31 May 2015

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