... abandoned the mine in 2006, but still holds title to the land where an estimate of 300-500 artisanal miners currently operate.
In 2006 the Ministry of the Environment (MARN), pressured by public outcry, ...
... pro-business president, Antonio Saca, succumbed to popular pressure and declared that he wouldn’t issue any additional mining exploitation permits. The FMLN candidate, Mauricio Funes, promised that if ...
... around the world as an important victory of a broad movement of Salvadoran communities, social and non-governmental organizations, and faith groups in concert with international partners. They kept pressure ...
... financial resources are available to invest in equitable use, protection and water recovery measures in the country.
The campaign will have two main lines of action, the first being the legislative pressure ...
... a mining permit.
Legislated limits have been imposed on metal mining elsewhere under pressure from affected communities and to protect ecologically and culturally important areas.
Costa Rica banned ...
... firm, the government stood strong; and due to the weakness of OceanaGold’s case, the strength of El Salvador’s legal defense, and the constant pressure by the National Roundtable and its International ...
... on the issue of sovereignty and self-determination. Privatised justice for big business/unaccountable corporate-dominated tribunals/a weapon for Northern corporations to pressure governments: all of these ...
... Environmental Secretary who ordered the suspension of the Didipio mine was not confirmed under heavy pressure from the mining lobby in the Philippines in May, but the underlying conflicts have not gone ...
... statement.
Now that the law banning mining has been passed, the campaign to pressure OceanaGold to pay and leave El Salvador is likely to heat up.
Aside from OceanaGold, the one remaining issue with ...