... immediately to the needs of the population,” González concluded.
Omar Flores, also from the National Alliance Against Water Privatization, reflected on the importance and urgency of the Salvadoran State ...
... presented to the State authorities, Luis González, from the Salvadoran Ecological Unit, pointed out that, given the environmental problems that impact El Salvador, it was urgent to ensure food security ...
... impact of the Cerro Blanco cross-border mine on water and health of El Salvador’, also determined that contamination from the mine could potentially affect half a million Salvadorans if it reaches the ...
Carlos Hernandez - Contrapunto
Civil society organizations continue to pressure the Legislative Assembly to approve a General Water Law that would benefit the majority of the Salvadoran population.
Representatives ...
... of life of the population," said Antonio Pacheco, representative of ADES Santa Marta.
The organizations hope that this study will serve as a policy blueprint for the Salvadoran government to speed up ...
... the struggle, but also as Salvadorans, as members of the communities in Cabañas, we are celebrating the prohibition of mining, a great victory against the mining companies. A victory that has been recognized ...
... Disputes (ICSID), connected to the World Bank (WB), the Salvadoran State beat the lawsuit for 250 million dollars that Canadian based OceanaGold mining(formerly Pacific Rim) claimed for not obtaining the ...
... the producers that live on the Lempa River”.
In this context, social organizations demand the Salvadoran State adopt measures that are appropriate and effective to prevent, reduce and control the impact ...
... the Salvadoran example, “there are cases of movements that are demanding mining-free territories” in neighboring countries, Nicaraguan researcher Angélica Alfaro, one of the chief authors of the new study, ...
... with a solid legal defence, not only led the company to lose, but cleared the way for Salvadorans to ban all metallic mining country-wide in March 2017,” said report co-author and global economy researcher ...