... Novo-Vizcayanos for the Environment). They are fundamental in building resistance: in 2016, a communityled barricade through SAPAKKMMI and DESAMA (Didipio Earth Savers Multi-Purpose Association) led OceanaGold ...
... Victoria’s first challenge became building and maintaining the social and physical tools necessary for subsistence survival. The speeches, live music, and community dance and theater performances celebrated ...
... of the legislature pepper sprayed students that were trying to gain access to the building. And last Saturday, over 10,000 people marched through main streets of San Salvador in a self-organized march. ...
Andrés McKinley - UK LAB
On March 29th, 2017, the small country of El Salvador became the first nation in the world to exercise its sovereign right to say “no” to metallic mining after carefully analyzing ...
... the northern part of the country, with thirty-three areas of mining interests, a highway, and twelve hydroelectric dams. It started building the highway and granted twenty-eight exploration licenses to ...
... coalition building, and direct political participation by the people of El Salvador.
The arguments placing life and water over gold took root, uniting the entire nation under the banner “No to mining, ...
... other, were the foundation stones for building the successful international campaign. We also asked them about some of the specific actions that they felt were particularly effective at maintaining momentum ...
... test of strength for the young democracy.
“End poverty, Not Democracy!” Demonstrators protest in front of the World Bank building in Washington, against the arbitration tribunal process of Pacific Rim ...
... say it has got dangerously out of control
Luis Parada’s office is just four blocks from the White House, in the heart of K Street, Washington’s lobbying row – a stretch of steel and glass buildings once ...
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But despite of the relentless campaigning which has also included permanent rallies in front of the legislative building, direct actions and petitions signed by tens of thousands of citizens and hundreds ...
... agreed on the creation of an autonomous entity controlled by the private sector. And discussion at the commission shows that right wing parties, ARENA, GANA and PCN are building consensus to change aspects ...
... is trying to push the project undemocratically. It makes promises of jobs in an impoverished area, building schools, it is trying to divide the people without following the proper procedures,” said Sofia ...
... observers to learn about the impacts of large scale mining operations in El Salvador, to provide international observers to a process of building local autonomy and to support the defence of territorial ...
... peaceful, democratic, and sustainable.
My main contribution will be to collaborate with Lina in building an agenda of environmental sustainability which reconciles economic, social and political processes ...
... Pacific Rim in 2007, and turned down the company’s offer to complete building work at the station, fearing that it was an attempt to compromise their broadcasting.
On 13 July, two days after Rivera’s ...
... projects. 2 . We reiterate the urgent need to include clear proposals regarding social and environmental issues affecting the population, building on statement already made by the Ombusman for the Defense ...
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Sustainable Minerals Institute Seminar Series
DATE: Friday 22nd November, 2:00pm
LOCATION: SMI Seminar Room, Level 4 Level 4,
Sir James Foots Building (47A), Staff House Road
The University ...
... Guatemala because the source of the Lempa River that supplies most of El Salvador's fresh water is here in the Guatemalan hills.
Goldcorp, one of Canada's largest gold mining firms, is building a mine ...
... mining in El Salvador but also on a global scale. An important takeaway was to continue building deeper links of solidarity with communities in the global south impacted by mining but at the same time ...
Public Private Partnerships open the possibility of mining in El Salvador
We are concerned that the PPP law opens the door for approval of mining projects in the northern region of the country. ...