... companies on their homes. Eufemia Cullamat vividly remembers the events of September 1, 2015, when armed men came to their Indigenous community in Sitio Han-ayan, Diatagon, and gathered roughly 200 men, ...
... of Cabañas, who offered cultural events in his memory, as well as a floral offering in the grave of the man who gave his life for the rivers and mountains of Cabañas.
While in the cemetery in front of ...
... used by the judges doesn't make sense in the context of these events. He points out that "the Aymara indigenous communities are never overseen by a single leader. This was shown in the anthropological studies ...
... reads: “The water is ours, it is not the private companies’” (Photo by author).
The events speakers included the Monseñor José Elías Rauda, Bishop of San Vicente, Ana Milagro Guevara, the Environmental ...
... "The attorney general’s office did not want to investigate, but communities know how the events happened and who are responsible," he said.
Rivera also demanded for the truth to be revealed, since "this ...
... invited to the same events. They drew younger people into the effort, too.
The organizers were able to span political divisions and greatly extend their appeal by emphasizing that the fight against mining ...
... the recent events show a concerted effort by a diverse group of local officials and civil society organizations to make lawmakers take up the issue of a mining ban after years of stalling. Beyond the local ...
... fear and trauma generated by the murders. This is why we want people to learn from these tragic events, to honor their memory" he said.
"The State of El Salvador won the lawsuit before the ICSID, and I ...
... changes. This article aims to quantify the economic effects of climate change by taking into consideration extreme events, water resources, changes in the agricultural sector and biodiversity.
http://repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/35229/lcmexl978i.pdf?sequence=1 ...
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According to the Climate Risk Index, less developed countries will be the most affected by extreme weather events. The countries most affected by impacts of weather-related loss events such ...
... moratorium that prevents all mining firms – international and Salvadoran, public and private – from accessing El Salvador’s estimated 1.4 million ounces of gold deposits. Some in the Salvadoran media ...
... 100 years ago in the eastern part of the country.
The report found nine negative environmental impacts generally present in the 15 mines studied. Impacts were defined as “events that have already occurred, ...
... Slovakia and Romania to report on the social resistance against gold mining in El Salvador, to participate in public events, lobby meetings with elected politicians, civil society organizations and press ...
... of a nation; and the sovereign right of a democratically elected government to legislate policy to protect the public good.
Actions of protest involving public forums, cultural events, a letter ...
... sign the petition click here.
Support actions in front the offices of OceanaGold in Canada, Australia and El Salvador. For a list of events click here.
Organize rallies or visits to Australian and ...
... lull in attacks in 2012, Berrios responded: “The threats and the persecutions have a lot to do with events in the political sphere such as elections for mayors, presidential elections, public consultations ...
... and the National Police, we demand an exhaustive investigation and to take the necessary steps to clarify these violent events. We demand that the perpetrators and intellectually responsible for these ...
... Ramiro Rivera and Dora Sorto and the persecution of activists and journalists in Cabañas Radio Victoria, we emphasize that these events could have been avoided if state institutions had acted in a timely ...
... start March 9, 2013 in Vancouver, Canada and will hold events in 20 Cities across Canada and the US(click here for a full list of cities and dates). Following the events in Canada, the speaking tour will ...
... asked the U.S. government to insist on thorough investigations for all of the cases of violence in Cabañas. The sign-on letter stated: “We believe that the events described [above] are linked and are ...