... We will continue to mobilise so that we are heard by the government and we will never lose our faith. We know, however, that multinational corporations are powerful and their capacity to influence decision ...
... to responsibly analyze the high costs of metallic mining and exercise its right to say “No". Nevertheless, despite El Salvador's environmental vulnerability, the clear threat posed by metal mining and the ...
... plants, and their habitats. Whatever short-term economic benefits to be had from mining (and studies show these never go to the affected communities), this remains a losing proposition when we consider ...
... violations and ecological disasters, which shall never be a good offset to the so-called revenue that these mines will bring,” Dulce claimed.
False stance, public betrayal
Pamalakaya also counted EO ...
... this promise never materialized.
The office created, called the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE), was not independent. It was instead housed under Global Affairs Canada. And it ...
... Rivera had been disappeared.”
The authors write that they never met Marcelo Rivera and had first heard of him only a month before, in May 2009. That was when the National Roundtable on Mining in El Salvador ...
... Rivera and three other defenders were brutally assassinated. But Marcelo’s brother Miguel, their friend Vidalina Morales, and the members of La Mesa never gave up. They linked up with international allies ...
... government has never given us anything that we didn’t fight for. She gave everything for this community. She’s the reason me and my family are so firm.”
Venessa’s community is located between two tourism ...
...
“We never want to be out of compliance,’’ the statement said.
One of the biggest issues outlined by DHEC in its most recent enforcement case centers on how the Haile mine has dealt with mercury, a ...
... in Canada continue to hear cases relating to abuses from Canadian companies overseas, it would be a start, but far from enough. It’s expensive to fight a court case, never mind against a multi-million ...
... to generate employment and improve the living conditions of the population, we never imagined that it could mean a risk for farming families”.
According to Pacheco, organic agriculture is an alternative ...
... to build the mine.
KCA never lived up to regulatory requirements in Guatemala.
KCA’s mine became operational as a result of the violent repression of local communities by private and state armed forces ...
... The incident was never investigated.
Meanwhile, judicial authorities issued arrest warrants for protesters linked to the disputed events of that day, and an earlier attempted eviction of the camp.
A ...
...
At one point this year, “they were really sick,” Ms. Sorto says. “They were told they’d get checked out by a doctor, but they never found out if they had Covid or dengue or what they had.”
Over the ...
... was never an echo of concern from past governments. Water has not yet ended up serving the entire Salvadoran population.”
What is the source of the Salvadoran water problem? Access to water is not legally ...
... the ecosystem, the communities that made visits to the stream confirmed that this is not the case and that the stream is dry, something that has never occurred before.
In this case, the company has also ...
... say that it is a real honor for me to participate in this commemoration. And to be with Miguel and all of you.
Marcelo, whom we did not have the honor of meeting in person at IPS, is nevertheless the ...
... approach to common goods, but a consensus was never reached at the Environment and Climate Change Commission.
In November 2019, the National Alliance against the Privatization of Water, asked the Legislative ...
... corporations are no exception. “You’ve never seen them condemn or make proactive efforts to diffuse tension in the area,” Dulce said. “The state security is their biggest investment guarantee.”
Canada ...
... the possibilities for adaptation.
This is, without a doubt, an alarming reality in it of itself – nevertheless, we must add to this global reality a national environmental crisis that places us in a moment ...