... the National roundtable against Metallic Mining in El Salvador states:
I. That the real environmental problems of El Salvador are not addressed as a priority in the electoral debate of the candidates ...
Translated from Ultima Hora
Carlos Calleja, the candidate to the presidency for the Republican Nationalist Alliance, ARENA party, considers himself to be a true environmentalist and has declared he is ...
Environmental movement presented a set of proposals to the FMLN candidate asking for greater commitment on the issues.
Cristian Melendez, LA PRENSA GRAFICA
Translated from: http://www.laprensagrafica.com/2014/02/23/sanchez-ceren-se-compromete-a-no-explotar-la-mineria ...
by: P. Cabezas
As the February 2nd presidential elections in El Salvador quickly approach, environmental activists are stepping up pressure on candidates to address issues relating to the country`s precarious ...
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FAIL TO SERIOUSLY ADDRESS SOCIO- ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE POPULATION OF EL SALVADOR
The Environmental Alliance of El Salvador is a national network of organizations, ...
Members of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining in Salvador demanded all presidential candidates to publicly state their parties' position on the issue of mining in the country. “Mining is one ...
Political Candidates Answer to Anti-Mining Activists in San Salvador and Cabañas
March 2012
Monday March 5, the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining in El Salvador (The Mesa in Spanish) together ...
... environmental coalitions, has publicly announced its new campaign to pressure decision makers. It will be calling on voters not to vote for candidates who don’t support and promote the anti-mining ban ...
... in Belarus, is represented by the Coordination Council, initiative of brave women - main opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya; Nobel Laureate Svetlana Alexievich; musician and political activist ...
... against the environment, against the Indigenous peoples, against the country in general," said human rights lawyer and former Philippines senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares, in 2019.
The Mining Association ...
... Walter Aduviri itself has been somewhat controversial because of his electoral aspirations. Aduviri is a candidate in the Puno regional elections in October of this year. The judges in Lima, the electoral ...
... that “only with organization and popular struggle do we guarantee the defense of our inalienable rights and interests as working people.” *J. Alejandro Artiga-Purcell is a PhD candidate at the University ...
... particularly because of one of the presidential candidates of the right-wing majority party has links with businessmen and magnates who invest in metal mining, such as Frank Giustra, and Pacific Rim / ...
... pro-business president, Antonio Saca, succumbed to popular pressure and declared that he wouldn’t issue any additional mining exploitation permits. The FMLN candidate, Mauricio Funes, promised that if ...
... has become concentrated in the hands of a single party, ARENA, whose aspiring presidential candidate is known to have ties with international mining interests.
“We have argued, with scientific ...
... upcoming March 4th elections.Even more frightening is the upcoming presidential election in 2019, ARENA’s favoured candidate, Carlos Callejas, is known to have close ties to Canadian mining magnate Frank ...
... the political map of El Salvador, just two years before he launched his pre-candidacy for the presidency of the country. Calleja is the leading candidate for the right-wing party ARENA.
Nonetheless, Giustra' ...
... to accept candidates commissioned by labor and cooperative sectors.
He recalled that privatization efforts in the past, such as telecommunications, AFPs and dolarization have been "technical" initiatives ...
... health.
In a nutshell: This corporate power shift hurts workers in all three countries.
On the campaign trail, when candidate Trump criticized trade agreements as undermining U.S. independence, he insinuated that ...