... experts. The main cause of the current crisis is poor water management (pollution and over-exploitation) due to the lack of policies (General Water Law), practices and programs that ensure good governance. ...
John Cavanagh, Robin Broad : RAPPLER
OceanaGold was stunningly defeated in El Salvador last March. Can it be defeated in the Philippines by 2019?
In March 2017, the small nation of El Salvador took ...
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Despite the fact that there is a national consensus among communities, civil society organizations, government institutions, and political parties for a mining prohibition, the Australian-Canadian company ...
... payment of the $ 8 million compensation imposed last October 14 by the International Center for Arbitration (ICSID) In Washington, but it has initiated talks with representatives of the Salvadoran government ...
Thanks to the organised opposition to mining in El Salvador at both the national and international level, the resounding legal victory of the Government of El Salvador over OceanaGold(Pacific Rim) generated ...
... delivered the first proposal for a "General Water Law" to the Legislative Assembly, yet our country still does not have a regulatory framework governing the different uses of water.
In October 2015, the ...
... the company tried to delay the resolution of the award and evaluate whether the government could negotiate the resolution to avoid losing its claim to $300 million in compensation.
Parada said that although ...
Public Citizen
In order to counter the increased critiques of the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has declared that many of the claims are ...
... a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the government of El Salvador. However, Salvadorans are standing up against the extractive mining company, defending the environment, water and their right to life. ...
... by linking up counterpowers opposing the most powerful corporations on the planet.
"Peoples Sovereignty vs. Impunity Inc.: Counterpower and Struggles for Justice” presents, in eight articles, various ...
... for a mining license was rejected on the basis of the projected environmental damage it would cause.
El Salvador is the most water-stressed country in the region. As a result, the government stopped ...
By Manuel Perez Rocha
In 2004, the Pacific Rim mining company applied to dig for gold in El Salvador. Pacific Rim (since acquired by the Canadian-Australian company OceanaGold) assured the government ...
Media coverage of the International Month of Action
SEPT: 5th: Sidney and Melbourne, Australia MUA: MUA Calls for Australian Resources Company to Drop Law Suit Trade union officials are calling on ...
... date for an exploitation permit for the El Dorado mine in the department of Cabañas, in the north of El Salvador. This announcement represents a direct attack against the sovereignty and legitimate right of ...
ACAN EFE News Agency, El Salvador
The Archbishop of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar, suggested Sunday that the government should go to international organizations if the threat from a gold mine in Guatemala ...
San Salvador, Feb. 26th, 2013
Over two hundred Members of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining in El Salvador, La Mesa, held a rally this morning in front of the Guatemalan Embassy in San ...
San Salvador, February 4th, 2012
The NationalRoundtable Against Metallic Mining in El Salvador(La Mesa) reiterated in a press conference this morning its petition for the Salvadoran Government to introduce ...
... government by basing its claims in domestic investment law.
Yesterday, the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining (the Mesa) mobilized over a hundred people to support their urgent demand to reform ...
Water Forum of El Salvador Opposes the Government's Mining Suspension
Today, sitting beneath banners that read “For sustainability and the Right to Water” the Water Form of El Salvador held a press ...
The Salvadoran Government Proposes Suspending Mining in El Salvador
On August 7th, the Ministry of the Environment (MARN) and the Ministry of the Economy (MINEC) presented a bill to the Legislative Assembly ...