... system. In response, communities are beginning to rebuild sovereignty from the ground up with municipal plebiscites to declare themselves free of mining. Three municipalities in the department of Chalatenango ...
... and equal access to food and water for the population.
But, negotiations to approve a General Water Law, a Food Sovereignty Law and to constitutionally recognize the right to food and water have reached ...
... Salvador and former member of the Mesa Nacional Frente a la Minería Metálica (MFNMM), a national platform against metals mining grouping together ten environmental organisations.
“El Salvador’s sovereignty ...
... Salvador to demand the adoption of a Law on Food Sovereignty and to ratify the constitutional reform to Article 69, to recognize the human rights to water and food.
The United Nations decreed that October ...
... and welfare, to national sovereignty—is a blatant display of corporate abuse of power operating within an architecture of impunity that characterizes the global trade and investment regime.
The gold ...
... in the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
The declaration of territories free mining represent a political gesture to reclaim local sovereignty and to set up territorial ...
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September 15th
Festival for Sovereignty in El Salvador. LOCATION: San Isidro, Cabañas, El Salvador CONTACT: hectorgarciaberrios@yahoo.com
September 17th
Rally at the offices of the World ...
... very existence of the dispute raises questions of state sovereignty in a world of free trade agreements: if a democratically elected government decides to change course on investment law after signing ...
... will not allow the company OceanaGold to continues to threaten their lives with its project.
"We raise our voice also and join in rejection of these projects that threaten the life, dignity and sovereignty ...
... demanding the resumption of the debate on the general water law, the law to prohibit mining, food sovereignty and environmental risk management legislation. During her welcome speech, Mrs. Palacios committed ...