... company Pacific Rim, later acquired by OceanaGold, asked for a concession to exploit a gold mine, El Dorado, in the northern department of Cabañas.
Pacific Rim requested the concession a few days before ...
... stressed father Neftalí Ruiz, president of the Environmental Committee of Cabañas (CAC).
Francisco Pineda, member of the CAC, states that the communities asked OceanaGold corporation, the entity behind ...
... territory in March. “If the ICSID forces El Salvador to pay the US$301 million, where is that money going to come from? From the already limited education and health budgets in the country?” asked Gálvez ...
... “47.8 of the rural population” who lack access to potable drinking water El Salvador.
More recently the Archbishop of El Salvador Jose Luis Alas asked legislators to reconsider their commitment to ...
... and Salvaide also asked the Australian Government to intervene on behalf of El Salvador’s right to make democratic decisions.
“We hope that you will share our astonishment that OceanaGold has vowed ...
... in El Salvador.
Locals have taken note. More than 62 percent of Salvadorans answered “no” to a 2007 survey when asked if El Salvador is an appropriate country for metallic mining.
That opposition to ...
... awareness and added to the mounting body of scientific evidence suggesting that El Salvador could be heading towards a water crisis in the near future.
When asked about the current policy of the Ministry ...
... asked "to review the role of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes(ICSID ) and determine if its role supports the mission of the BM to end poverty and promote sustainable economic ...
... (IACHR) asked El Salvador to take precautionary steps to “protect the life and personal integrity” of surviving activists such as Héctor Berrios, Luis Alberto Quintanilla and the staff of Radio Victoria ...
... Zealand and El Salvador, have been marked by human rights violations and damage to the ecosystems," the release said.
Martinez has asked Congress to approve budget of more than $45 US million for the ...