... Administration of Aqueducts and Sewers (ANDA) authorities allowed the supply of water with characteristics not suitable for human consumption. When facing an appeal process before the Legislative Assembly, ...
... the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte and its state security forces are putting in danger the public health of communities by allowing environmentally destructive activities like mining. Suppressing ...
... governor stated that Luque will be solely responsible for the region's failure. He added that the current administration is plagued by a series of anomalies for which media are not as critical as they were ...
Andres McKinley
The profound crisis of water resources in El Salvador, in terms of quality, quantity and access, is widely recognized and scientifically documented by national as well as international ...
... Cabañas.
Explorations were unofficially suspended in 2008 by the Administration of the ex-president of El Salvador Elias Antonio Saca. That suspension resulted in a demand of more than $300 million against ...
... administration agency, ANDA.
The idea of a general water law received a boost in 2010 after the United Nations issued a resolution on the right to water. Following the resolution and the UN call for ...
... affected areas opposed metal mining.
From 2008 to 2009, both outgoing and incoming Salvadoran presidents publicly committed to not permit any mining projects during their administrations. Meanwhile, national ...
... with some officials of the Sánchez Cerén administration, which would be encouraging OceanaGold's hopes of operating in the country and in consequence encourage the company to continue the legal battle. ...
...
V. On Thursday August 25, 2016, the National Roundtable Against Mining had an audience with the President of the Republic who reaffirmed its commitment to not allow metal mining during his administration. ...
... in the fight against climate change.
The administration was also responding to mounting public criticism of the project from indigenous communities, ranchers, and residents along the pipeline route whose ...
... supported legislation proposals brought forwards by social organizations calling for the public administration of water and government support to strengthen the agricultural sector. But the right leaning ...
... They always sought to privatize the resource, privatize services the National Water and Sewage Administration(ANDA) and let the market set the price of this resource, leave to the whims of supply and ...
... source of water for El Salvador’s 6 million people — the administration failed to approve the proposal. In 2008, Mr. Saca instituted a moratorium on new mining permits; to date, this has been maintained ...
... their case.
In short, when presenting its case before the ICSID in September 2009, Pacific Rim argued El Salvador has disrespected a mining concession that the country had issued during the administration ...
... on mining that the current administration has publicly promised to maintain.
The mining moratorium prompted Pacific Rim Mining to sue the government of El Salvador for $301 million US at a World-Bank ...
... the government of El Salvador denied the company a permit to mine and all other administrations have continued to deny permits since. The company claims the denial is an unfair rejection of investors’ ...
... struggle has been credited as one of the main factors that led to a de facto moratorium on mining implemented by president Antonio Saca in 2008 and continued by the administrations of Mauricio Funes in ...
... is willing to engage in a process of dialogue.
On May 19th incoming Minister of the Environment, Lina Pohl, announced the continuation of the moratorium on mining started by the Saca administration ...
... concerned about generating conditions for further law suits stemming from the 29 exploration licenses active in El Salvador at the time” she continued.
She suggested, however, that the incoming administration ...
... with initiatives in political ecology and environmental management, has been named the Vice Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, MARN during the upcoming administration of Salvador Sanchez Ceren ...