Minería Panamericana
Peruvian mining companies were among the hardest hit in a broad wave of sales driven by the close presidential race in which Pedro Castillo (Peru Libre), the rural school teacher ...
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 ...
... (MARN), Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM), Presidential Commission for Dialogue, the University of San Carlos of Guatemala (USAC), members of Community Development Councils (COCODES) and the Municipal ...
... Bialiatski, founder of the Belarusian human rights organisation Viasna; Siarhei Dyleuski; Stsiapan Putsila, founder of the Telegram channel NEXTA; and Mikola Statkevich, political prisoner and presidential ...
... restricting the constitutional rights of the population.
Instead, in a presidential statement, Alejandro Giammattei explained that the measures responded to counteract the violence of criminal groups, ...
... walking home from the grocery store.
The Office of the Presidential Spokesperson did not respond to multiple requests for comment. However, Arevalo, the spokesperson for the armed forces, said that whenever ...
... national budget, make constitutional amendments, appoint heads of key government institutions and members of the judiciary, rule out presidential vetoes, and even impeach the president.
Just two ...
Andrés McKinley - UK LAB
On March 29th, 2017, the small country of El Salvador became the first nation in the world to exercise its sovereign right to say “no” to metallic mining after carefully analyzing ...
... An email response by staff member of Presidential Coordination Office states in a typical bureaucratic fashion that “we are doing internal consultations to inform you about the status of the situation ...
... 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 / ...
... then in the opposition, adopted the same position. The draft legislation was a binding resolution, forcing the government to respond.
In the lead up to the next presidential election, El Salvador’s rightwing, ...
... 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 ...
... grant permits for the exploration or extraction of precious metals during his mandate) at a meeting occurred at the Presidential House on August 25.
"Oceana Gold should already be complying with the court' ...
... the so-called sustainable development work of a key local figure: Carlos Callejas, owner of the Super Selectos grocery store chain who is widely rumored to be pursuing the 2019 presidential nomination ...
... participants was greeted at the gates of the presidential palace by a high ranking commission of government officials who committed to include their demands in the development of the environmental agenda ...
... wing parties, ARENA or GANA to make up the 43 votes required to pass legislation. The closely contested results of the March 09 presidential elections, which the FMLN won by narrow margin of only 6500 ...
... that the Trifinio treaty does not ban mining in the area, Sanchez Ceren, the FMLNs presidential candidate, said that "the treaty establishes that any decision -that will affect the reserve- has to be agreed ...