... block of the legislature. With a total of 61 out of 84 seats, the right has more than 50% of the votes to pass simple legislation without debate and more than a two third majority required to approve the ...
... but there is total freedom for businesses.” (Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez, appointed by Pope Francis last year, is the auxiliary bishop of San Salvador.)
For nearly two decades, El Salvador has considered ...
... issue of mining was a totally unknown issue," said Morales, who added that she had to "raise awareness among the population" about the threats it posed.
All this fight for the environment represented threats ...
... American nation of El Salvador passed a total ban on metal mining. The historic vote on the law was unanimous, bridging strong partisan divides, and was the culmination of more than a decade of activism, ...
... powerful Catholic church. In the viewing section of the Legislative Assembly, activists cheered, hugged, and cried as the vote total passed the threshold.
“The unanimous vote to prohibit mining vindicated ...
... American nation’s environment and natural resources. Approved on March 29 with the support of 69 lawmakers from multiple parties (out of a total of 84), the law blocks all exploration, extraction, and ...
... In total, the tiny Central America country has paid more than US$13 million in legal costs and fees.
The ICSID ruling against the company came as a surprise because the tribunal has previously been criticized ...
MiningWatch
After seven years, four murders and US$24 million in total legal costs, in October 2016, a little-known World Bank tribunal trashed OceanaGold’s claim that El Salvador either owed it a mining ...
... exploratory projects had been approved for 11 foreign companies, which planned to extract some 12 million ounces of gold and 78 of silver in total.
They planned to use about 22 million liters of water, ...
... negative impacts of mining and extractive industries.
Hope is the last thing you lose. In El Salvador we will continue to push the government and legislative assembly for a total prohibition on mining. ...
... conditions want to have the option of opening the country to mining available in the future. For those who advocate that total prohibition is the only solution, the fight to stop mining permanently for ...
... a total of four consultations in the Department of Chalatenango. In order to assure the complete coverage of the whole region, other six referenda of the sort should be set up in neighboring municipalities. ...
... total surface.
“Four million inhabitants will be affected in El Salvador, because this will trigger a domino effect, damages originate in Cabañas, but they will be felt elsewhere along the Lempa river”, ...
Joakin Salazar - Colatino
"Total disagreement with metal mining" is the result of the poll conducted by the University Institute of Public Opinion (IUDOP) of the Central American University, Jose Simeon ...
... for aquatic life, according to a recent study.
“That means 98 percent of the total surface water in El Salvador is contaminated,” said Pedro Cabezas, coordinator of the International Allies Against Mining ...
... killed after an evening of heavy drinking with gang-members, one of whom was allegedly his gay lover. Rivera’s friends and family describe him as teetotal, say he did not have a partner, and were unaware ...
... for 20% of its total stock. Pacific Rim announced that such investment would finance its continued legal dispute with the government of El Salvador. Since then members of La Mesa and their international ...
... corporation full control of the total exploitation of geothermal resources, one of the main sources of electrical power in the country.
Pacific Rim, now Oceana Gold, has claimed $315 million from El ...
... the temporary suspension announced by the company is not enough, we must move towards the total closure of the mining project and avoid a political and environmental conflict between the two Central American ...
... in Central America totally uninhabitable. These effects would almost certainly be irreversible and would be disastrous for the 3.75 million people who live in the area.
Fr. Tojeira is not the only one ...