Presentation: We Demand a Law that Bans Metallic Mining in El Salvador
San Salvador, March 5, 2012
At a forum organized by the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining in March, Dr. Angel Ibarra ...
... bridge the active participation of members of the MNFM in the presentation of an Amicus Curiae at the ICSID and in numerous international solidarity actions across the world. When the struggle took a violent ...
... meeting was chaired by the Vice Minister of Sustainable Development for MEM, Oscar Pérez. In chronological order, Pérez made a presentation concerning the meetings that have been held with the Xinka People ...
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Samantha Ponting
“I was born and lived more than half my life in Lepanto, the location of the Lepanto Consolidated mine,” said Chandu Claver, an Indigenous land defender, in a recorded presentation ...
... stipulations chip away at even this partial representation. Until August 2025, or when PZ reaches a population of 10,000 residents, two of the four Trustees subject to Resident vote will be elected by ...
... safety and security measures. Equinox Gold’s misrepresentation of the situation has only provoked further mistrust. It also heightens the potential for confrontation as the company, jumping the gun, begins ...
... report exposes the misrepresentations and omissions in KCA’s claims to the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), while highlighting the inherent injustice in the supranational ...
... the water shortage that already exists in the region; it also casts doubt on the rigour of the data obtained as part of the “Quellaveco” project, whose presentation is once again misleading, very optimistic ...
... arbitration “there are really no hard and fast laws” and “misrepresentations of fact and gross mis-citations of authorities are rampant and, when discovered, usually go unpunished.”
It is further worrisome ...
... that with the presentation of this improved legal proposal they marked history, because different sectors of society have managed to unify in defense of water resources.
For her part, Tati Oliva, representative ...
Jen Moore
On November 27, 2019, the life and struggle of Mariano Abarca were honored with the presentation of the first award for environmental defense in Chiapas to be presented in his name. His brother, ...
... decisions have no obligation to respect any precedents.
"It is a misrepresentation of the concept of justice, where companies are allowed to interpose their petty interests above and without complying ...
... gold mine of Australian-Canadian transnational mining corporation Oceanagold.”
Save Nueva Vizcaya was convened by various leaders and experts, including representations of Diocese of Bayombong Bishop ...
... apart from daily use, is vital for agriculture, and is affected by the presence of metallic minerals, like cyanide, all of which will alter food production,” said González, who participated in the presentation ...
... Water Authority, an autonomous entity that guarantees a majority representation of the business sector in its board of directors through the appointment of two directors from ANEP and its business chambers ...
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It is an activism that has brought both death threats and triumphs to Morales, who arrived this week in Los Angeles to receive the Environmental Justice award from the organisation CARECEN in representation ...
... GANA parties strengthened their collective majority, however no moves were made to privatize water, until recently.
On June 13th, a representation of all right wing political parties submitted a bill ...
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Baños gave some examples of how public institutions with more representation of the private sector are co-opted at the cost of the public interest, examples are the tripartite bodies in the labor sector ...
... days leading up to this historic victory, the university planned a "Week of Action Against Metallic Mining." It included press conferences, TV and radio interviews, public forums, presentations to key decision-makers, ...
... was ordered suspended. The company appealed the decision and continued to operate the mine.
“If they rely on the company’s corporate presentations, investors would never realize the breadth of discontent ...