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1. Current political transition crucial for advancing democratic reform and economic, environmental and social development in El Salvador.: (Media Releases); ... prohibit mining in El Salvador are looking at the current political transition in El Salvador as crucial for advancing democratic reform and economic, environmental and social development. Given recent ...; Created on 14 April 2014
2. Reform to article 15 of the Invesment Law: Assertive legislative action: (FTAs & ISDS); ... to arbitration bodies such as the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID ). The reform, which has gone unnoticed even by social movement organizations that reject the demands ...; Created on 22 July 2013
3. Consensus reached to reform dispute resolutions under Investment Law: (FTAs & ISDS); By Erick Cornejo Translated from: http://www.asamblea.gob.sv/noticias/archivo-de-noticias/consenso-para-reformar-solucion-de-controversias-de-la-ley-de-inversiones#.UdyTHr6-dzg.facebook The Economic ...; Created on 09 July 2013
4. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of acknowledging the depth of the water crisis and seeking lasting solutions, such as the approval of a General Water Law to assure good governance and a constitutional reform that recognizes water as ...; Created on 14 December 2021
5. The law on the right to water reaches Parliament, "people's lives are at stake" warns Cardinal Rosa Chav: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... must continue, because people's lives are at stake", said the Cardinal, who underlined: "we cannot leave this issue in chaos". The constitutional ratification of a reform that recognizes access to water ...; Created on 15 June 2021
6. Green group supports ban on open-pit mining, protection of 'no mining zones: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... reform and rural development, and genuine sustainable development in order to translate mining into a truly just and green economic recovery," it added. The group cited the large-scale mining operations ...; Created on 27 May 2021
7. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... The Canadian government’s response to global mining injustice Asuncion said that the Canadian government has used CSR to shift focus away from calls for legal reform. “Instead, Canadian mining policies ...; Created on 12 May 2021
8. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... increase in earnings from excise tax collections. It attributes this to the Tax Reform for Acceleration of Inclusion (TRAIN) Act passed in 2017, which “doubled the rate of excise tax on minerals, mineral ...; Created on 15 April 2021
9. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... in the reformed constitutional charter approved on July 26, 2019, is a highly corporatized model of governance with minimal opportunities for participation. A primary authority, the Technical Secretary ...; Created on 15 February 2021
10. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... Despite the 2013 success in combating the pressure, former U.S. Ambassador Mari Carmen Aponte later insisted on reforms to the new law. Near the end of 2017, the Legislative Assembly approved reforms to ...; Created on 01 December 2020
11. 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
12. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... its statement, when the Honduran Congress named the park a protected area in 2012, mining and related activities should have been prohibited. But questionable reforms to the law opened the door to the ...; Created on 25 September 2020
13. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); ... territories.” Some of the Guapinol human rights defenders pictured in court in Honduras. RISK FROM COVID 19 At the end of April 2020, the National Congress of Honduras reformed the Code of Criminal ...; Created on 01 September 2020
14. Lack of a Water Law prolongs the historical crisis in the country: (Regional News); ... of the National Alliance Against Water Privatization, also pointed out that in the committee on Legislation and Constitutional Matters there are four draft constitutional reforms to recognize the human ...; Created on 17 June 2020
15. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); ... have a key interest in the Mexican oil market. The strengthening of investment protections under the new agreements will lock in the reforms made by the Mexican government in 2013 allowing for the privatization ...; Created on 03 May 2020
16. Water, transparency and mining concerns in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); Yellow Pad Business WorldBusiness World The communities of Didipio, Nueva Visacaya have been up in arms against the operation of Oceana Gold Philippines, Inc. (OGPI). OGPI has been operating a copper-gold ...; Created on 08 March 2020
17. Criminalization increases against environmental defenders and social movements of the Central American region: (Regional News); ... and criminalization against environmental defenders. In Honduras, repression has intensified this year through protests against the privatization reforms of health and education and the increase of violence ...; Created on 26 December 2019
18. Social Organizations demand compliance with the Prohibition of Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Likewise, the representatives of the organizations asked upgrading the Law of Prohibition of Metal Mining to constitutional rank, to ensure any subsequent attempt to reform or repeal this legal framework at ...; Created on 26 December 2019
19. Environmentalists Denounce that Central American governments favor mining companies and criminalize activists: (Regional News); ... Law on the Prohibition of Metal Mining, approved by the Legislative Assembly in 2017. Also, environmentalists are concerned about attempts to reform the regulations to open the doors to mining companies. ...; Created on 26 December 2019
20. Honduran Land Defenders Receive the prestigious Letelier-Moffit award in Washington: (Regional News); ... developed agrarian reform laws, giving collective land to thousands of farmers organized in farming cooperatives. In 1992 the Law for Land Modernization gave way to the formation of large private monopolies ...; Created on 24 October 2019

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