September 22, 2014, San Jose las Flores -Chalatenango
We, the International Observer Delegation, comprising of 15 representatives from North, Central, South America and New Zealand, acknowledge the ...
CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
The International Allies Against Mining in El Salvador call on our friends and allies to support the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining and mining-affected communities ...
... local autonomy and to declare territories free of mining though a process of community consultations innovating on provisions of the municipal code of El Salvador.
This delegation aims to bring international ...
... in protest the mega mining projects" stated Vidalina Morales commemorating the international fight against transnational mining which causes misery and environmental pollution.
The theme of year's International ...
... World Bank, 90 percent of the surface water is heavily contaminated and 20 percent of its rural population lacks safe drinking water. Pacific Rim is using the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement ...
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By: Elder Gomez, CoLatino News El Salvador faces an "international mafia" seeking control of the country's natural resources, through "frivolous" legal international ...
... – the right to sue governments in international arbitration tribunals granted under a complex web of free trade agreements (FTAs) and thousands of bilateral investment treaties (BITs).
This report explains ...
By Raul Burbano
May 10-12 close to 50 delegates representing 22 different organizations from four continents gathered in San Salvador to take part in the first ever international fact-finding mission ...
ACAN EFE News Agency, El Salvador
The Archbishop of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar, suggested Sunday that the government should go to international organizations if the threat from a gold mine in Guatemala ...
Salvadoran Mining Fights Spark International Lawsuits
By Roger Bybee
Friday April 13, 2012 1:20 PM
Activists struggle against free-trade provisions, as USW challenges mining industry goals
Despite ...
Do Trade Agreement International Investor Protections Imperil Local Communities and the Environment?
On Wednesday, March 28th Luis Gonzalez, a member of the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining ...
... Studies, Washington Ethical Society, International AlliesAgainst Mining in El Salvador)
27 de abril: (FILIPINAS) Publicación de la Declaración de Solidaridad de AlyansaTigil Mina y otros grupos ambientalistas. ...
... population, most long-term facilities are full. The defense lawyers also believe that, because the case is attracting international attention, no facilities want to take them.
The failure of Bukele’s ...
... where the five detained defenders live and work, but no one has ever faced justice.
Hundreds of national and international activists and organisations have condemned the detention as politically motivated. ...
Mongabay
Maxwell Radin
El Salvador banned all mining of metals in 2017, but environmentalists are concerned that the government is preparing to reverse the decision and bring in international investment. The ...
... director at the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), told Common Dreams: "Under ordinary circumstances, the arrests of internationally recognized water defenders would be major ...
... is not alone. The international and national community recognizes the importance of the struggle of organized communities against mining and death projects. Freedom for prisoners politicians."
The arguments ...
... stop discrediting, stigmatizing, and persecuting organized communities and their organizations. We also ask the International Community to be attentive to what is happening in the country to make statements ...
Different environmental and ecofeminist organizations, ecclesial movements, and regional activist alliances participated as international observers in the municipal consultation held this past Sunday, ...