... CEO of Brazilian real estate, retail, and agribusiness conglomerate Grupo Solpanamby, and Tom Murcott, who played a lead role in attracting investors and residents to the Songdo IDB in the Incheon smart ...
... that warrants strict scrutiny. Mercury is such highly toxic pollution. It is really impossible to remediate.’’
Exposure to mercury can cause tremors, headaches, nerve damage, a loss of peripheral vision ...
... the initiative to produce”, said the young computer science graduate.
She comments that after buying tomatoes and sweet peppers, she took the seeds out of them, planted them, and realized that it was ...
... Equinox Gold, failed to uphold its agreement with the nearby community of Carrizalillo, a small town of about 3,000 people. Equinox blames the community for the shutdown, but in reality, the company and ...
... added: “The Belarusian democratic opposition is an inevitably broad concept and this candidacy presents a comprehensive vision that reflects the reality of a diverse opposition and clearly supports the ...
... at his parish and worked as a mason. “I’m really proud of him,” Ms. Sorto says.
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the seven men, plus another who has been in jail since December 2018, have not been allowed ...
... all the defenders of the land in Honduras. It doesn’t matter if they are Garífunas, if they are Indigenous. Everybody is in danger to die, to be killed, to be kidnapped. And we are — for us, the real responsible ...
... military troops being deployed instead to enforce the world’s longest and harshest COVID-19 lockdown sans real public health solutions.
Duterte’s ‘yes men’ in Congress railroaded the Antiterrorism Law, ...
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Injunctions by communities and an NGO have seen Guatemala’s three main mines halted in recent years – cementing the country’s reputation as one of the world’s least favorable mining jurisdictions. ...
... it a non-renewable resource, which is overexploited beyond its capacity for natural recharge and regeneration. Given this reality, it is necessary to ask ourselves: what will be the long-term impact of ...
... among the deputies to really verify the background of the state of Siege measure.
Companies versus resistance The Chamber of Agriculture, the Palm Growers Guild, and the Chamber of Industry supported ...
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Mining companies are ignoring the real threats of the pandemic and continuing to operate, using any means available
Governments around the world are taking extraordinary measures to shut down legitimate ...
... as the trial of the 1989 assassination of six Jesuits takes place, we now see the statements of high level military commanders who are finally telling the truth. We also see hope as a family, as we realize ...
... permits to developers or structural projects that can increase the vulnerability of the Salvadoran territory, such as the real estate development project Valle El Ángel,” González expressed. Likewise, ...
... and forthcoming trade agreements such as the TPP, “The environmental consequences of the USMCA are very real. The deal would contribute to the climate crisis by helping corporate polluters dodge our climate ...
... arbitration “there are really no hard and fast laws” and “misrepresentations of fact and gross mis-citations of authorities are rampant and, when discovered, usually go unpunished.”
It is further worrisome ...
... parties, does not represent an efficient option and the recent problem of algae in the drinking water in the San Salvador Metropolitan Area (AMSS) was in reality orchestrated by economic groups who want ...
... when we spoke with some activists, we realized that these mechanisms do not work, since authorities such as the police or the military are often part of the problem."
The situation of human rights defender ...
... in its territory. Their unity is creative, capable, and incredibly brave in the face of ongoing and real threat. They are and continue to be a community in resistance,” said Dr. Bernie Hammond, the coordinator ...
... that “when we started to see the amount of damage left by the mine and the taxes the company would pay to compensate the damage, we realized that the $16 million the company would pay in environmental ...