... is about conclude.
"It has not been possible to advance discussion on issues that are critical to the Salvadoran population in areas such a as the General Water Law, Metal Mining, Solid Waste Management ...
... of these trans-border projects is Cerro Blanco, a mine proposed for an area of Guatemala immediately adjacent to El Salvador and in the heart of the Río Lempa headwaters. It’s one of the issues Vidalina ...
... newfound strength to press lawmakers into passing the mining ban. During the resistance to the Pacific Rim project, anti-mining activists organized around two key issues: water and health.
In El Salvador, ...
... victory, back in 2017, when El Salvador’s government announced it would be the first country in the world to issue a total ban on metal mining. For a half-century, the industry had been dumping waste and ...
... the historic mining ban—despite environmental concerns and the Central American country's ongoing water issues due to the climate emergency and pollution.
"Among El Salvador's greatest heroes of this century ...
... municipal authorities, on any issue that affects the public interest, if 10% percent of the registered voters sign a petition addressed to local municipal authorities. Once the petition is received, the ...
... are also several constitutional resolutions which recognize these as truly democratic processes. According to these rulings, such as the one issued in the department of Jalapa, municipal consultations ...
... Mita, Department of Jutiapa, Republic of Guatemala, to issue the following public statement before the national and international public opinion:
CONSIDERING
1. That the Lempa River Trinational ...
... to me that, even with this scenario, they still think about solving the issue of the (climate) crisis with money or false solutions. They say: "we are going to invest here, we are going to invest here", ...
... metal exploration and exploitation again.
The government has shown little interest to date in environmental issues, and its policies and practices confirm the absence of an environmental conscience. ...
... an effort to provide incentives for artisanal miners to convert to more sustainable occupations, reparations for families that were victims of mining violence have not been issued, no efforts have been ...
... have water as a fundamental human right", underlined the Cardinal.
In recent days, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced that the issue of water will be discussed in the Legislative Assembly and ...
... was not given full investigative powers, limiting its ability to make any meaningful interventions or policy recommendations on issues related to human rights abuses abroad. The name “ombudsperson” is ...
... in Tocoa.
The Institute for Policy Studies, Washington’s first progressive multi-issue think tank, awarded the community committee with the international Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights award. In 2020, ...
... Energy and Mines (MEM) a “2-year temporary closure due to technical failures and flooding”, since when no mining activities have been carried out.
Yesterday (4th May) Bluestone Resources Inc. issued ...
... the world, as an example that it was necessary to “suspend all ISDS cases on any issue against any government while fighting against Covid-19 crisis”, in order that states could focus their efforts on ...
... warn the new order could further endanger defenders as well as open key biodiversity areas to mining. MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte has issued an order to lift a nine-year moratorium on granting new ...
... the Salvadoran government nearly $13 million in legal fees and expenses—to rule against the mine. The ICSID based its ruling on the very legal issue that Barrera had pointed out during a National Action ...
... conducted by the University of Central America in 2007 and 2015, which revealed overwhelming disapproval for mining.
Another factor was La Mesa’s framing of the issue. The water defenders did not see ...
... moving parts,’’ DHEC’s Jeremy Eddy said.
One issue that was mentioned only briefly at this past week’s hearing was whether OceanaGold would increase a cash bond to pay for any environmental damage. DHEC ...