... their voices in opposition.
Cristina Starr, one of the station’s founders, remembers a day when the entire community was away for a soccer game. María Isabel Gámez, the news director at the time, ...
... gold or other minerals, or for oil and gas, are just the starting point on supply chains that begin in places like El Salvador, but often end in high-consumption economies far away – many in the global ...
... away.
“Ignoring or papering over the problems the company has in El Salvador and the Philippines is not going to make them disappear. Investors should definitely be questioning the choice that they have ...
... and other trade agreements are only in small part about trade tariffs. They are much more about giveaways to fleet-footed corporations, giveaways that further encourage corporations to offshore their production ...
... its activities through its subsidiary Minerales Torogoz and the El Dorado Foundation in San Isidro, Cabañas. These actions range from giving away promotional items in favor of mining, promoting excursions ...
... Others noted that these deals take power away from democratically-elected governments, placing it in the hands of corporations to make decisions that may negatively impact national economies.
As Merle ...
... by young artists with a mural against mining. In this very moment we took one of the most beautiful photos of our trip.
Back in front of the town hall we spot José Serrano even from far away, proudly ...
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Protection of investors, TTIP and CETA
From Germany, this all seems far away. But this case shows what consequences there can be when free trade agreements or national laws put investors under special ...
... running cases in the history of ICSID
But, climate change and the legal system in El Salvador may not be the only odds that members of La Maraña are against. Far away, in Washington DC, a three person ...
... which a third of the population lives below the poverty line – for a mine for which the company has never obtained an exploitation permit, and yet has managed to take away people’s lives.
Like in San ...
... favors OceanaGold, Marsh says.
After midday, Marsh and her daughter offer to go for a walk in the zone by the river which flows just a few meters away from the mine. During our stroll, luxurious cars ...
... of New Plant Varieties.
The ruling, issued yesterday and signed by all five magistrates, indicates that the two articles declared unconstitutional took away power from the legislature to ratify international ...
... treaties containing ISDS provisions. All it takes is political will for governments to walk away from ISDS commitments and reclaim the right to protect their own environment. El Salvador recently reformed ...
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The Legislature has been too slow in these matters. We are only three and a half months away from finishing this term and has not been possible to advance the discussion on issues that are critical ...
... has established for security reasons in a town away from his community.
When he travels back to his community of La Maraña he needs to ensure that is safe to do so because supporters of the mining ...
... It sits in downtown Washington, D.C., behind security guards at the World Bank. At issue is the future of El Salvador, some 2,000 miles away, where a global mining company—Pacific Rim, now owned by Australian/Canadian ...
... is the future of El Salvador, some 2,000 miles away, where a global mining company—Pacific Rim, now owned by Australian/Canadian corporation OceanaGold—wants to mine gold in ways that could well poison ...
... could still be months away: internal regulation do not give ICSID specific timelines to issue a resolution.
One party believes, based on the time ICSID panelists have taken resolve other claims in this ...
... decisions about El Salvador’s future will be made behind closed doors – almost 2,000 miles away from the Central American country.
On September 15th, the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment ...
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OGPI’s project has been given priority rights over water; three rivers, springs and other bodies of water are diverted for mine use. This takes away water for communities’ household use and for agriculture. ...