* Rachel Nadelman: Aula Blog
El Salvador’s refusal to allow gold mining within its borders sets it apart from most other Latin American countries, but the mining suspension is far from permanent. Since ...
... also be allocated for the government’s pandemic response.
But Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment refuted this, saying the move is a “fake Covid-19 economic recovery program.”
“We won’t ...
... Silver offloaded this project in 2012 after operating the mine for seventeen years, saying it trusted the responsibility of the incoming company to take care of workers and communities. But the new owners ...
... paper Página Siete also reported on the matter in January 2021, saying “Child labour is an open secret in the Potosí mining region”. The report states that, working without protection, even 11-year-olds ...
... saying it has hired an independent, third-party expert to audit the mine’s environmental performance. The company is doing “all we can to operate safely while complying with environmental regulations.’’ ...
Manila Standard
Brenda Jocson
Nueva Vizcaya Governor Carlos Padilla on Friday reiterated his opposition to the renewal of the mining contract of OceanaGold Philippines Inc. in his province, saying ...
... saying, “I have no doubt that he is the right person for this new challenge and we are pleased that he will collaborate with the government,” to which Rubén Alemán answered via his Twitter account, “Thank ...
... with impunity. So, that’s why Miriam is saying, “Today, more than ever, my life is in danger,” because a month before this kidnapping, one of our Garífuna members who came to the international court also ...
... says the claim is without merit, saying there are no indigenous communities in or around the mine.
June 1: The constitutional court upholds the Tambor mine suspension, saying local communities were not ...
... of Didipio, saying that the Oceanagold operation has been considered illegal.
Last month, July 26, the regional trial court of Nueva Vizcaya ruled against the injunction filed by Oceanagold to stop the ...
... is the theory that the judge is now using. It’s like saying that Walter Aduviri forced and cheated the Aymaras, his own people, to commit the alleged crimes."
For DHUMA lawyer Rodrigo Lauracio, the reasoning ...
Catholic News Service
SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR — El Salvador's bishops urged lawmakers to discard any plans for privatizing water in the Central American country, saying the poor could not afford to ...
... (in San Sebastian). I hope to advance this week in my inquiries to call for a new meeting of the commission.” He ends the email by casually saying “I understand that the opposition of artisanal miners ...
... was solidarity and communication with other municipalities. "Everyone joined from Arcatao to Guarjila, people left their houses and they were preventing the passage of vehicles, saying they did not want ...
... an appropriate country for metallic mining. This is why we members of International Allies stand with Salvadoran people and La Mesa in releasing this statement and saying : Yes to Life, No to Mining. ...
... Parada, on Wednesday August 24. Attorneys for Pacific Rim sent a letter to the ICSID tribunal saying that it "had made a proposal to the government of El Salvador to have private and confidential conversations, ...
... country’s investment law, OceanaGold has been able to sue El Salvador saying that they should be compensated for the profits they should have made at the goldmine. If the country loses the case, they will ...
... about delays in the concession of environmental permits’, and specifically deals with the case of Pacific Rim, saying that the company was already considering an arbitration against El Salvador”, lawyer ...
... changed as the arbitration has advanced”.
“First they said that they complied with all the legal requirements, except for the environmental permit, saying that they have not been granted permission for ...
... departments generate US$7.2 billion, which represents a third of the country’s GDP.
“The government is not saying no to mining, but under the current circumstances in the country, at this moment in time, ...