... Manuel Pérez-Rocha of the Institute for Policy Studies.
Summary of Key Findings
Justifications to pursue arbitration:
One-thirdof the cases examined dispute government measures related to Indigenous ...
... to pull out its expansive drilling operations and equipment in the area of Sitio Camgat in Didipio.
Led by La Mesa, fact-finding missions have been held in Cabanas in El Salvador to take stock of the ...
Melbourne, Australia - In May 2013, the Maritime Union of Australia took part in an International Fact Finding Mission to El Salvador.
The study group came from a broad group of countries and backgrounds ...
... be public and will provide their findings regarding the allegations that have been made,” said Coumans.
“Our primary goal in working for the creation of this office has been to provide an avenue ...
... for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) finally issued its ruling, finding that the company, as Salvadorans have long known, never met El Salvador’s regulatory requirements to obtain a mining permit. ...
... a web of Solidarity
The most significant of the several visits to El Salvador organised by the International Allies, according to our interviewees, was the 2013 fact-finding trip. A delegation of 45 people ...
... this can come at a heavy economic cost for the country. These consequences and the possibility of finding themselves caught up in arbitration proceedings against a company could put them off taking measures ...
... the San Sebastian site and finding that CGC had failed to take measures to mitigate the impacts of contamination as established in the original environmental monitoring plan presented by the company. Subsequent ...
... against OceanaGold after he visited El Salvador on a fact-finding mission last year.
Access to clean water in the Central American country is a key issue, with the nation previously suffering from significant ...
... the earth tremble every day.”
There has been much resistance to the mine. “From 2004 we started finding out about these mining projects. We visited places affected by mining to see what the horrendous ...
... finding mission in April this year. It is also organising, with the support of a few Australian civil society organisations, a national speaking tour featuring a community leader from San Isidro. More ...
... are finding themselves increasingly at odds with transnational corporations.[i]
In these battles over resource rights, transnational companies are increasingly using a powerful and relatively new weapon ...
By Raul Burbano
May 10-12 close to 50 delegates representing 22 different organizations from four continents gathered in San Salvador to take part in the first ever international fact-finding mission ...
... among others, in its efforts to ban the industry outright, and 62% of the population supports a bill to this end. The group’s persistence has also won international attention: a fact-finding mission, ...
Thank you very much for registering for the fact finding mission and for your interest in learning more about issues of mining in El Salvador. We are hoping that through this experience participants will ...
... including those confronting their own local mining issues. The speaking tour will be followed by an international Fact-Finding Mission to El Salvador on May 9-13, aiming to build awareness around the dangers ...
... website makes reference to its finding that the company has not demonstrated that it has the financial resources to continue the process in this tribunal, which is part of the World Bank. It is a ruling ...
... are nine times that amount.
Cyanide is a highly toxic substance for human beings and limits the development of aquatic life. This substance was used in the past in the mining process.
Another finding ...
Investigations into pollution in the San Sebastian River (LPG)
Yesterday a delegation of specialists collected samples from the river
Written by Ángela Alfaro
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 00:00
Translated ...
... stated that buying soil and finding gold is like playing the lottery, because there are times when the process pays off and times when it doesn’t. He explained that there have been times when he has gone ...