... “who decides” about water regulation has since exploded as a point of contention on the national political agenda. Rallies, marches, and public forums organized by students of the public University of ...
... participation in water management.
The bishops' conference preferred that public oversight of water resources be maintained.
"If a law is approved that grants a private entity the right to decide over ...
... the priority for the use of water will be commercial above the human rights of people and nature. This proposal creates an autonomous authority where ANEP decides the fate of water in the country; it eliminates ...
... permit for a proposed gold mine or US$250 million dollars.
The Washington D.C.-based International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) panel decided that OceanaGold’s predecessor Pacific ...
... Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a World Bank body last October.
The ICSID gave 120 days to review its ruling, which were taken by OceanaGold to decide whether they will comply with ...
* Teresa Alvarado: Transparencia Activa
The inhabitants of Cinquera also asked the city council to call a popular vote so that the citizens of the town can decide through a vote if they are in favor of, ...
by Karen Hudlet : Equal Times
In October this year, the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) decided in favour of El Salvador in a case brought by the US mining ...
... costs, interest should be added to the amount originally established from the date of issuance of the award until it was paid.
Foley Hoag's lawyers believe the court forgot to decide on that request from ...
... OceanaGold) sued El Salvador for $250 million (U.S.) for denying the company a mining permit. However, in a cautiously celebrated decision, the World Bank decided that Pac Rim's lawsuit was without merit ...
... years the panel decided in El Salvador’s favor, agreeing that the government was never required to issue Pacific Rim a mining permit. It denied the company any compensation and ordered OceanaGold to reimburse ...
... opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership and other so called free trade agreements.”
This case is part of what led the Government of El Salvador to decide not to issue new mining permits. That decision ...
... the World Bank. OceanaGold decided not to hold their AGM in Melbourne and took it to Toronto where protests were held outside and inside the AGM. In El Salvador communities have been holding plebiscites ...
Gloria Orellana – CoLatino.
Berta Caceres' murder did not fall on "deaf ears", peasant and indigenous organizations from Honduras and El Salvador have decided, under a banner of solidarity, to unite to ...
... us since the beginning of our international campaign “Stop Mad Mining”. We wanted to learn which motivations lay behind the resistance. Therefore we decided to take part in the international delegation ...
... these cases is often decided behind closed doors in unaccountable tribunals — like the World Bank’s International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, or ICSID.
While the Pacific Rim case ...
... vs. El Salvador.
Any day now a verdict could be reached in Washington that will decide over the future of a whole country. The plaintiff: Pacific Rim, a Canadian mining company, which does not exist ...
... tribunal far removed from the reality of their community may soon decide whether their aspiration to keep a polluting mining company out their territory is a violation of international investment laws. ...
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This is a thorny issue for the industry that still holds a foot in El Salvador and waits for a key case before an international court of arbitration, based at the World Bank in Washington, to be decided ...
... that has decided to autonomously eradicate their territories from metal exploration and mining under municipal ordinances.
Canadian mining company AuMartinique entered the region in 2005, to explore ...
... The hope is that, following the success of this project, other international organizations will decide to step in and help fund El Salvador in this important process of civil empowerment against mining ...